What's happening to the lablour party ?

[NotAllThere]

Those North Korean missiles look a bit shabby. They could easily fall a few hundred miles short, NAT

I'll hide in my nuclear bunker.

[EternalOptimist]

Apart from anything else, she's wrong to think there isn't anything wrong with what he said. Queen's Regulations for the Army (1975) [pdf, 2.5MB] state (J12.020) that "Exceptionally, some Service personnel will have a general authorization from D News personally to speak to the news media, which must be recorded in their agreed formal job descriptions or terms of reference... they are to avoid comment on issues of a politically controversial nature." They further state (Annex A(J)/12) that "Normally, permission to express views on politically controversial issues will be refused. For any exception to this rule, the DGMC will seek the prior approval of the Secretary of State for Defence."

So unless he had permission from the Secretary of State, which would itself open up a whole other political can of worms concerning the use of Remembrance Sunday for party political ends, he was in breach of regulations.

(Just to be clear: a footnote states that "A politically controversial topic is one which is, has been, or is clearly about to be, a matter of controversy between political parties in this country", so I think we can safely assume that the above regulations apply to the subject of the nuclear deterrent. Oh, and the "J" in the numbering means that these regulations are also included in the regulations for the RAF and Royal Navy, though of course this was an Army General.)

It's not like you to miss the point Nick. The general may have been wrong to speak out, but the fiasco is senior labour leaders attacking each other in public.
If they cant get it right, what chance does a poor old general have?

[MarillionFan]

I'll hide in my nuclear bunker.

See, that's what happens when you have a joint account.

[MrMarkyMark]

Those North Korean missiles look a bit shabby. They could easily fall a few hundred miles short, NAT

Especially if the decision was made to outsource the software component

[vetran]

Its imploding hopefully. It needs to restart and find some sensible candidates

[fullyautomatix]

Leave Corbyn alone!

[vetran]

Leave Corbyn alone in the middle of a minefield

FTFY

[MicrosoftBob]

Leave Corbyn in the middle of a minefield with Dianne Abbot!

FTFY

[LondonManc]

Leave Corbyn in the middle of a minefield with Dianne Abbot, Gideon and Justin Bieber!

FTFY

[vetran]

FTFY

That's cruel & unusual punishment!