Nutloose:-
doesn't have the balls to go public and tell it how it is when in post, probably worried about his pension, totally spineless bunch of sycophants.
Not that you feel particularly strongly about them, eh Nutty? Having disposed of the messenger though, there is still his message to consider...
HH:-
Trident is our backstop against an attack by Russia
That rather supposes that they will obligingly Nuke us first, doesn't it? Also, the good General didn't mention the Russians anyway, did he? Pre Entente Cordiale France rather than Germany was odds on to be next on our dance card. "Events, dear boy", as someone once remarked...
As for NATO, it seems that the EU has a rather different cunning plan that would now rather exclude us. If the EU itself unravels of course then "interesting times" are just around the corner. We need to be stocking up on big sticks right now it seems to me.