THE LAST DITCH
BBC NEWS | UK | Minister 'horrified' by SAS claim.
Hmm. Whom to believe? An officer and a gentleman or a petty politician who turned his coat in the hope of office, after many years of failure? Tough call.
I thought the BBC report showed why Quentin Davis is totally unsuited for high public office.
Apparently on his visit to Afghanistan no one asked for more equipment – so he can’t see why this SAS officer is complaining.
Of course we all know that Labour takes in vengeance out on the careers of senior military officers who don’t follow the party line ( see wrangle about the delay ion choosing the new chief of defence staff ). He will only have talked to those people trusted to tell the minister how well things are going.
Any half intelligent man would realise this and not rely on such sources of information, but apparently Quentin does.
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Tom is a retired international lawyer. He was a partner in a City of London law firm and spent almost twenty years abroad serving clients from all over the world.
Returning to London on retirement in 2011, he was dismayed to discover how much liberty had been lost in the UK while he was away.
He’s a classical liberal (libertarian, if you must) who, like his illustrious namesake, considers that
“…government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.”
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