tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post132008309411340167..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Dannatt Explains Why He Said Yes to CameronIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-81489518749356958082009-10-11T22:15:49.460+01:002009-10-11T22:15:49.460+01:00Dannatt's clever propaganda effort re the £3 m...Dannatt's clever propaganda effort re the £3 minus btles of wine suggests that it was mostly more anti Labour propaganda.<br /><br />Not all simple soldiers are simple soldiers.Quietzapplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15422598703061456846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-71617845065466033212009-10-10T11:34:28.411+01:002009-10-10T11:34:28.411+01:00"Gen,Dannat has not as yet taken an active ro..."Gen,Dannat has not as yet taken an active role in politics, he has merely let it be known that he will accept a peerage and serve in a future Tory Govt. if asked."<br /><br />Yes and he allowed the announcement to be made in the middle of the Tory Party conference with Cameron trying to make political capital out of it<br />- and he then gives an on the record lecture as reported above. If that isn't an active role perhaps you might wish to explain what is - so would you really allow all serving members of the armed forces to be equally passive?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-85735466127597868672009-10-10T09:18:52.479+01:002009-10-10T09:18:52.479+01:00Firstly, Gen,Dannat has not as yet taken an active...Firstly, Gen,Dannat has not as yet taken an active role in politics, he has merely let it be known that he will accept a peerage and serve in a future Tory Govt. if asked. Secondly, when did he cease being simply a practicing Christian and start being a "militant" one? Frankly, Christian or not I would be delighted to have him giving the benefit of his vast experience and knowledge of warfare and the Armed Forces to our politicians in the future. After all, who better to do this than an "ex-soldier" ?PaulMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-44379604578528768132009-10-09T22:29:25.684+01:002009-10-09T22:29:25.684+01:00I hope Dannatt's role is as a highly qualified...I hope Dannatt's role is as a highly qualified technical expert.<br />I wouldn't feel very happy with an ex-soldier and militant Christian being involved in decisions on war making.Dimotonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-27198712248924977232009-10-09T22:15:46.290+01:002009-10-09T22:15:46.290+01:00Personally I wasn't convinced when I heard tha...Personally I wasn't convinced when I heard that Cameron had recruited Paul Danan as a military adviser. But them somebody told me I might have misheard.andrewhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18033907326386770212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-44465245832372356192009-10-09T21:05:52.489+01:002009-10-09T21:05:52.489+01:00Thats News....I have to agree with every word you ...Thats News....I have to agree with every word you said. Anon@4.47 appears to fully fit your billMirtha Tidvillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07940977481295375071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-45702974362796127632009-10-09T16:47:30.208+01:002009-10-09T16:47:30.208+01:00That's news
Queen's Regulations specifica...That's news<br /><br />Queen's Regulations specifically prohibit regular personnel from “any active part in the<br />affairs of any political organisation, party or movement”<br /><br />You may think it is acceptable to breach that provision - I don't - the rest of what you say is irrelevantAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-53672295518480113682009-10-09T14:43:03.449+01:002009-10-09T14:43:03.449+01:00Could the Labour trolls here do us all a favour?
...Could the Labour trolls here do us all a favour?<br /><br />Go to the next funeral of a soldier murdered by the crass stupidity of Ainsworth, Brown and the like and come out with the rubbish you have being spewing here and on other blogs? Ah, but you won't, will you?<br /><br />We know that, being dyed-in-the-wool lefty weirdos that you hate the armed forces, but you just haven't got the courage to go public with your anti-UK armed forces twaddle, have you?<br /><br /><i>"Who sir? Not me sir! Why I just LOVE the armed forces! Why only the other day I didn't spit on a soldier as he passed by me in the street!"</i>Martin Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04148241391183658112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-29023314999860039362009-10-09T14:36:32.495+01:002009-10-09T14:36:32.495+01:00If Dannatt was a man of absolute integrity don'...<i>If Dannatt was a man of absolute integrity don't you believe that he should have waited until the 20 November when he leaves the Army before engaging in party politics?</i><br /><br />Unless, Anon, he values the lives of the soldiers he commands more?<br /><br />I mean, he and his troops have had to fight not only the enemy but also the Taliban. The enemy being armed forces hating creeps in the Labour Party.Martin Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04148241391183658112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-66683845741671009602009-10-09T12:25:44.604+01:002009-10-09T12:25:44.604+01:00Sir Richard is a top bloke. I know some uniformed ...Sir Richard is a top bloke. I know some uniformed chaps who've met and dealt with him and they have nothing but good things to say.<br />We have not had a competent and honourable man covering defence since Lord Carrington. About time I'd say!RHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-19759098053803231192009-10-09T12:22:15.588+01:002009-10-09T12:22:15.588+01:00""I don't know David Cameron well,&q...""I don't know David Cameron well," he revealed, before going on to explain that DC called him while he was on a fishing holiday in Scotland"<br /><br />What a charming story. So his number's in the book?Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542633492362670045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-54086114578973506792009-10-09T12:15:11.592+01:002009-10-09T12:15:11.592+01:00Why the idea that just because this man was in the...Why the idea that just because this man was in the army and promoted (out of trouble is the usual army way) that he is automatically decent, civil and of integrity. He clearly is not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-8850903979675836102009-10-09T11:02:17.937+01:002009-10-09T11:02:17.937+01:00I really regret the way this has panned out. His a...I really regret the way this has panned out. His authority has been diminished, as has his credibility and in fact, his integrity and judgement.<br /><br />It was all so unnecessary, any announcement could have waited.Colinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16949877777934292635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-23330680389500246602009-10-09T10:05:55.726+01:002009-10-09T10:05:55.726+01:00I don't know why there is all this fuss about ...I don't know why there is all this fuss about blurring politics and military. The Duke of Wellington was PM twice. Many of the post war politicians were ex-military.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10611938286584363712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-53212002282953711842009-10-09T09:49:55.493+01:002009-10-09T09:49:55.493+01:00he is a smug peace of work. Here he is explaining ...he is a smug peace of work. Here he is explaining how he was trapped with two colleagues in Ireland and - God intervened to make sure he lived while one of the others was injured and one died. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1532803/God-saved-me-from-death-three-times-says-Army-chief.html#" rel="nofollow">telegraph</a>Botogolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17024057489361848870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-71603443989452843692009-10-09T09:43:45.304+01:002009-10-09T09:43:45.304+01:00As a HUGE supporter of the Forces (I've plough...As a HUGE supporter of the Forces (I've ploughed HOURS into BFBS) I'm so happy this has happened. <br />If DC gets in, Dannett on the board can only mean good things (finally) for our teams abroad.Bonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04257335545948067170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-65528524301522238922009-10-09T09:25:08.838+01:002009-10-09T09:25:08.838+01:00If Dannatt was a man of absolute integrity don'...If Dannatt was a man of absolute integrity don't you believe that he should have waited until the 20 November when he leaves the Army before engaging in party politics?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-86258451165684041472009-10-09T09:17:00.199+01:002009-10-09T09:17:00.199+01:00We have endured 12 wasted years of the thugs and b...We have endured 12 wasted years of the thugs and boors of the Labour Party and its supporters. <br />I welcome the appointment of Sir Richard as a herald of the decency, civility and integrity we can expect from a Conservative government.Desperate Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04961605512194121921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-52196330078134581092009-10-09T09:06:39.660+01:002009-10-09T09:06:39.660+01:00There was a piece on Today this morning with excer...There was a piece on Today this morning with excerpts from the Lewis-Dannatt interview.simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15333603569294208240noreply@blogger.com