Hmmm. What is more important is that the Pollies get a grip on UK Defence policy. It seems to me that we have a dichotomy of political opinion that varies between making War with anyone we disagree with and, withdrawing from any conflict. The result is a terrible mish-mash of hollowed-out capabilities because the UK cannot afford real "war-with-anyone" armed forces strength. IMO, part of the responsibility of the government is to have a clearly defined policy on defence that is fully funded and would definitely be able to achieve the stated policy. The Service Chiefs should provide the specialist knowledge to achieve the Government policy. Unfortunately, the last 50 years or so seem to have been a bunfight between the Services as the funds have shrunk and the Government has asked for capabilites that we cannot afford, against a Defence policy that is ill-defined.
