Seems spot on to me. And you are the last one to talk about people being childish. It is one of the main planks of your whole persona on here. (View Post)

Nope. It was a bad idea then and it is a bad idea now. At least in the form it was suggested which was an EU army. As I pointed out yesterday it would exclude some of our most important allies, would… (View Post)

It is not good at herding cats. It takes years to achieve anything and when it does get anywhere the result is always massively watered down. (View Post)

As I say though it cannot be solely EU or even just European. It needs the flanks to be protected - which means Canada, Iceland and Turkey for a start. (View Post)

I did outline the practicalities myself yesterday. I had lunch on Thursday with my neighbour who is retired RAF officer who spent much of his time prior to retirement in intelligence and planning at … (View Post)