While quite entertaining, Sir Michael's obvious attempt to embarrass Geoff Hoon was, IMHO, a rather pointless exercise. It is clear that any useful working relationship between the two has broken down and I'm at a loss to know how that is supposed to benefit the armed forces. If he finds himself unable to work with his political masters (spare me the, ' But he works for The Queen' line) , then his proper course of action would be to resign.