True, although you have the thought that there is rather more communication and even cooperation between the Treasury and the spending departments than previously.
I think you are right. The GP was published by the last government and my point was what I felt should be the case rather than what might be the case. We need a review of foreign policy and then a new GP to reflect that policy’s asprations.
Unitl the Government clearly defines its foreign policy objectives over the next decade or two it cannot produce a new defence Green Paper. The two are inextricably linked – a fact which has escaped previous administrations.
Robmac – take it easy with the exclamation marks.;) I didn’t say it was dangerous – I have expressed no opinion on the matter at all. I did say that other posters have implied that it was dangerous.
Is anyone here really qualified to make these sorts of judgements on the basis of a photograph alone and other, possibly, unreliable observations? There is no ulterior motive behind the question – I am merely seeking an objective answer.