First there was the Government’s humiliating U-turn on its decision to sell large tracts of Britain’s forests. Then David Cameron was obliged to go back on his Justice Secretary’s plan to slash prison sentences for those who plead guilty early. Now we have the unedifying spectacle of the Government being forced into major concessions on its NHS reforms. No matter how much Downing Street’s spin doctors try to convince us otherwise, the message is clear: this Government is for turning. Except, that is, when it comes to the area that can least afford to be subjected to the whim of passing political fancy: namely, the defence of the realm.
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