New Sec of State for Defence?

[Thelma Viaduct]

I doubt you can do the job from jail, maybe he could job share with tony???

[mymatetcm]

Just give the job to Paddy Ashdown, he knows a little bit about the military!!!

[Finnpog]

Or when the Tories get in, have Andrew Robothan (Con. Blaby) rather than Fox.

He has some awareness of QR and service.

[Thelma Viaduct]

Get a coin and someone capable of flicking it.

[the funky munky]

Why? They are all self serving conniving sycophants who wish to line their own pockets rather than defending the realm.

Wouldn't it be better to have the Defence Lords in charge? Responsible to the Crown and not the current fly by night government de jour, Tory/Labour they are just the same.

[minigundiplomat]

Howabout Baroness Thatcher?

She seemed to understand the military! Ican just imagine the RN waving flags at each other.... Maggies Back.

[Thelma Viaduct]

Isn't she dead yet?

[minigundiplomat]

I think theres more life in the old girl than there is in the present government. I know which one Id put money on being around after May!

[racedo]

She seemed to understand the military

Was this before or after the Falklands war as she was doing her level best to flog all the assets before the Argies got agressive.

[hello1]

Fox was quoted in one of the weekend papers - Torygraph I think - as saying that he expected to be appointed SofS following a Conservative victory. Generally you don't say that sort of thing before an election unless friend Dave has already given you the nod.

Separately, and most unfortunately, the suggestion that 'Jack Straw is being groomed' has left me with the image of some fat sweaty paedo pretending to be a 14-year old girl and inviting our Jack out to the cinema on Saturday.

[minigundiplomat]

Was this before or after the Falklands war as she was doing her level best to flog all the assets before the Argies got agressive.

Only the RN, and she's not the first to have that thought, and clearly not the last.

[GOLF_BRAVO_ZULU]

Well Ainsworth will have made himself noticed by Brown the Humourless now;


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/6646179/Bob-Ainsworth-criticises-Barack-Obama-over-Afghanistan.html

Bob Ainsworth criticises Barack Obama over Afghanistan

Bob Ainsworth, the defence secretary, has blamed Barack Obama and the United States for the decline in British public support for the war in Afghanistan.

Although I think Ainsworth is just another square peg in the wrong hole, I think he makes a valid point.