If all the former defence and security chiefs who have warned about the critical weakness of Britain’s defences were gathered together, it would make an impressive multidisciplinary task force. Indeed, that is what they have become, a kind of bemedalled and highly experienced A-team intent on saving the nation’s defences from further neglect.
Their sorties are becoming more frequent and undertaken with increasing firepower. In recent weeks, we have heard from George Robertson, former head of Nato; Admiral Sir John Radakin, until last September chief of the general staff; Colonel Tim Collins of Iraq war fame; Sir Alex Younger, the former head of MI6; General Sir Richard Barrons, the former joint forces command; and numerous former defence secretaries, including Sir Ben Wallace.
