If Jeremy Corbyn had bowed any more deeply, then The Sun would have accused him of having performed a Muslim prayer at the Cenotaph.
As for General Houghton, no, he should not have given that interview.
He should have said that if they wanted to talk about policy, then they needed to talk to a politician. His role was operational, and he couldn't very well go discussing that on television.
But not being a politician, he answered all and only the questions asked.
Therefore, the failure to discuss issues such as pay cuts, and the desperate plight of many veterans (which is of far more obvious relevance to Remembrance Sunday than Trident is), was not his failure, but Andrew Marr's.
It has been interesting to see less support for Corbyn from John Woodcock than from Crispin Blunt. At the very least, it is wholly inappropriate for the MP for Barrow and Furness to chair a Defence Committee, however toothless.
It is notable that both he and the relevant trade unions are no longer trying to make any case for Trident by reference to defence. Instead, it is all about jobs. Frankly, not very many jobs.
That, and saving all of one seat, a seat that has not even been Labour continuously since 1979. "There was none of this for the miners," indeed.
Still, by all means let Woodcock make a powerful submission to that Committee. But he ought not to be on it. And he certainly ought not to be chairing it.
As for this Shadow Shadow Cabinet business, Corbyn ought to invite these Walter Mittys to avail themselves of their apparent right to speak from the Despatch Box, although of course the real Shadow Cabinet members would also continue to do so.
Let them sink or swim. If they even dared to try.
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