Political prisoner, activist, journalist, hymn-writer, emerging thinktanker, aspiring novelist, "tribal elder", 2019 parliamentary candidate for North West Durham, 2024 parliamentary candidate for North Durham, 2028 candidate for Mayor of the North East Mayoral Combined Authority, Shadow Leader of the Opposition, "Speedboat", "The Cockroach", banned from Twitter so officially more dangerous than the Taliban, eagerly awaiting the second (or possibly third) attempt to murder me.
Sunday 29 August 2010
Indefensible
So there we have it. Not only the RAF - yes, the entire RAF. We also have to brace ourselves for the loss of the entire Brigade of Gurkhas, of a tank regiment, of the Black Watch, of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, of two new aircraft carriers due in 2016 and 2018, and of the Eurofighter/Typhoon aircraft. All to save Trident. We can have that national vanity project. Or we can have defence, including the defence of historic bonds of comradeship, the defence of Commonwealth ties, and the defence of the Union. But we cannot have both.
So why aren't you thrilled? No more Armed Forces, no more "illegal/unnecessary wars"! Wonderful, surely!
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