Hmm. Think I ended up making the wrong point there, but never mind.
In 1977, 216 out of 630 MPs were ex military. Twenty years later it was down to 60 out of 658. I think the total now is about 10. The only current Labour MP with Mil experience is Major Eric Joyce (the first MP to claim more than £1 million in expenses).
Every prime minister from 1940 to 1963 had served as an infantry officer in WW1. Times change, I guess.
Courtney