Today’s Telegraph has a dispiriting addendum to the spat between Labour figures and General Sir Richard Dannatt which surfaced fully last weekend, and which will intensify after Dannatt’s interview with the Beeb this morning. Here are the key passages:
“Relations between the Chief of the General Staff and the Government hit a new low after senior Labour sources warned the general will be ‘fair game’ for political attacks when he leaves his post at the end of August… …after Sir Richard’s retirement on August 28, some Labour MPs plan to raise questions about the general’s role in recent decisions on defence policy. One minister said: ‘Once he’s gone, we can have a go at him. He can write his book and talk all he wants, but he’ll be fair game then.’
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Sir Richard is understood to be thinking of writing about military strategy and the future of Britain’s defence capabilities when he retires.
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