OvertHawk said:
"The CDS is not making a political statement!"
The BBC's own website offers this:
Asked about Mr Corbyn's refusal to use nuclear weapons, Sir Nicholas said: "It would worry me if that thought was translated into power as it were." He added: "The whole thing about deterrence rests on the credibility of its use. "When people say you're never going to use the deterrent, what I say is you use the deterrent every second of every minute of every day and the purpose of the deterrent is that you don't have to use it because you successfully deter. "If a prime minister said they would never press the nuclear button, "the deterrent is then completely undermined," he added.
What I would like to understand better is where or when the prohibition on the public expression of political activity or political statements, as proscribed (apparently) under QRs for the rank and file of HM's military personnel, ceases to apply to senior ranks.
Is there an explicit cut-off point or is it implicit?