The trouble with Gavin Williamson is that he really believes it. The people in the MoD who feed him this dross obviously do not. But he does. And he is the next Leader of the Conservative Party. Meaning that he will probably be Prime Minister before the end of this Parliament.
The position of Secretary of State for Education is not reserved for people who are in awe of teachers. Yet since time immemorial, the position of Secretary of State for Defence has been reserved for people with a weird, beta male crush on the Armed Forces.
When Whitehall mandarins plead for more money, then they are just Whitehall mandarins pleading for more money. But put uniforms on them, and watch the difference in response.
Perhaps it is just physical fear? Question this kind of thing online, and watch how quickly the demands will be issued to meet up and settle the matter by force. Do the Armed Forces intentionally recruit this type? Or does Forces life turn the otherwise normal into that?
In the population at large, hardly anyone has ever been in the Armed Forces. But a fairly high proportion of Conservative Party members has been. Think on.
They've had to run a sex scandal on him to distract from his ignorance about Defence.
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DeleteWilliamson is playing a blinder. You’re obviously too stupid to see it.
ReplyDeleteAs soldiers have informed me, the Russia thing is being played up to avert devastating defence cuts.
Or, as it is otherwise known, normal defence policy since the early 1990s, at the latest. Of course they are playing Williamson, he's as thick as mince. But that doesn't mean that they get to play the rest of us through him. Tell them to get jobs.
DeleteYep. Nice outfits if you like that kind of thing, but what do the men in them do all day?
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