It says a good deal about the level to which the debate about defence spending has sunk that Labour backbenchers yesterday heckled David Cameron, when he referred to generals' complaining about provision for the Army, by calling them "Tories"... more
The BBC was involved in a fresh row over its flagship Question Time programme today when it was accused of not reflecting public opinion in a line-up of panellists set to discuss the war in Afghanistan... more
David Cameron faces embarrassment when it was claimed he privately admitted his shadow defence ministers “lacked expert understanding” of Afghanistan... more
There is something unsettling about the reports that General Sir Richard Dannatt is to become a mainstream Tory adviser on defence and security -just six weeks after stepping down as head of the Army. There is a broad assumption, too, that if the Conservatives win next May, the general will be give a peerage and become a minister.... more
Death toll of British forces in Afghanistan hit 220 as Gordon Brown was accused by a former general of leaving troops to fight with 'part of one arm tied behind their back... more
British troops could be locked in bloody combat with the Taliban for five more years with hundreds more casualties, the outgoing head of the Army has admitted... more
Prince Edward joined the grieving families of eight young soldiers killed in Afghanistan’s bloodiest 24 hours as their loved ones were returned to them... more
Britain missed the opportunity to stabilise Iraq after the invasion of 2003 and was too quick to shift resources to the conflict in Afghanistan, the head of the Army acknowledged... more
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