Harry
I should have made myself clearer. He (B Gray) didn't actually know he was suggesting this. It was obviously fed to him by a lackey, who had presented it as his own work without understanding it. When it was pointed out by an MP, he denied having said the words. MP duly sent a link to the BBC website, which still had the interview for download. And a copy of the 2-part Defence Standard which, if his most junior staff didn't know by heart, made "time, cost and performance" very difficult to achieve. That he lasted so long after that is one of the great wonders.