How would this Military God figure interact when the Treasury "no cash available squire"?
He/She would have no authority, no public backing and no constituency
What we need is more CROSS PARTY Agreement on defence so that a newly elected Govt doesn't just trash their predecessors ideas out of hand
PS and remember that the Blessed Margaret wasn't as big a fan of the military as you think - she was behind the Nott Review, supported a £240 mm cut in the defence budget in 1983, delayed and cut back innumerable programs etc etc