‘The army, navy and air force are so 20th century. Scrap them and have a massive British Marine Corps.’
Just a few hours after the publication of the Strategic Defence and Security Review, two crack teams of speakers clashed over the future of the armed forces at the Spectator debate.
Brigadier Allan Mallinson, the novelist and military historian, proposed the motion with a heavy heart.
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