- The British Government's strategy in Afghanistan was thrown into crisis last night after…
- …the White House demanded that UK troops take the lead in Farah, Nimruz and Kandahar provinces as well as Helmand.
- …a major assault on the MoD Camp Bastion base revealed the Taliban to have far greater military capability than previously thought.
- …the Defence Secretary's right-hand man resigned in protest about the handling of the war.
I’m sure Eric Joyce has some fair points to make, but really.
2 comments:
The meeja huh?!
I've debated this point at Hopi's a few times - in opposition parties love an over-the-top media; everything's a crisis, every rumour is important and unsourced gossip is important & consequential. They never criticise it because in general it works in their favour.
In office it's a different story - it's all about policy & substance and condescending dismissals of the very thing they all exploit to get there in the first place.
Discerning politics-watchers (which I hope we both qualify as) pay little attention regardless of the target. I trust you'll hold good to this when the Cameron government comes of the rails at some unspecified point in the next decade?
Calm yourself, my good fellow! The above is a wry Friday afternoon chuckle rather than a serious political intervention...
But do I promise not to gleefully shriek "Crisis for Cameron" in the event that some PPS causes him minor embarrassment in the future.
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