Gavin Williamson sacked

I was referencing the typical city type, not a little mouse in Bethnal Green living off vegan meals such as myself.

Not if those taxis need to go south of the river...

Aren’t vegan meals rather pricey in that area? I was under the impression they were.

I have no idea what purpose your post serves other than being your usual verbal diarrhoea.

I happen to have an interest in early 20th century history and was reading a book on the Russian revolution when I made this account. To conclude that naming my account after his murder weapon means I admire Trotsky shows a distinct failing on your behalf.

There is an important life lesson you can learn here. Don't made blind assumptions about people's beliefs as you risk looking like a fool.

I'm very much a believer that knowledge is power and it's always better to know it yourself rather than having to rely purely on your advisory team. Of course, part of being intelligent is also admitting what you don't know and therefore finding someone that does to help.

Personally I'd say the primary role for Sec State for Defence is to fight for more funding for the armed forces (or at least not let capabilities be cut), to inform the cabinet on capability of the armed forces to proactively prepare for, or reactively take action in, a crisis and to also be the duty holder for certain types of risk. They won't be planning military strategy or anything but they need to ensure that the individuals/teams that do have all the resources available to them.
All of this will be easier if the Sec State has either operated in these environments before or has enough understanding of those environments to ask educated questions.

Your last point is a rather cheap shot that betrays how little you know about the armed forces.

Debate the issues, not the person.

Thought so!

I would take your suggestion more seriously if you didn't indulge in ad hom attacks yourself...

I try never to do that against other TSR users, if I have done so, point it out and I will desist. However, I suspect you are confusing critiques of politicians with the sort of personalised insults you dish out on TSR to people you disagree with.

Where was he on the F35/carriers saga?

Money seems to be as badly redirected in the armed forces budgets as it is elsewhere in government.

I take it you mean the decision taken in the 2010 SDSR to change to CATOBAR and the subsequent reversal back to STOVL?

So many acronyms. So little time to understand them all.