The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Undeterred by the criticism of his declaration that he would serve as a defence minister in a Conservative government Gen Sir Richard Dannatt has announced that he has signed a lucrative deal to write his memoirs.
The Croydonian (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
In the face of overwhelming popular demand , it is back to 1909: A 1909 Sir Richard Dannatt, as it were : Mr. T. F. RICHARDS asked the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been called to a speech made by Lieutenant-Colonel C. T. Mander, D. Squadron, Staffordshire Yeomanry, in which he complained of the Budget, and said that no drill hall or riding school would be provided until there...
Lancaster Unity (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
A British soldier heaps shame on the Army by showing off his BNP credentials with a defiant Hitler-style Nazi salute Squaddie shames the Army with nazi salute The disgraceful photo of Private Craig Orwin, who serves with the Light Dragoons, emerged days after former Army generals declared war on the extremist party. Orwin boasts of being a BNP member and reveals his vile views in the entry on his Facebook...
"ROGUE GUNNER" (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
Soldiers' Stories tells of the troubles in Northern Ireland from the perspective of the British soldiers who served there between 1969 and 2007, the longest continuous deployment in the history of the British Army. This was a war against terrorists who knew no mercy or compassion; a war involving sectarian hatred and violent death. Over 1,000 British lives were lost in a place just 30 minutes flying...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
Having retired as head of the Army General Sir Richard Dannatt had hoped to spend some of his free time at the Royal West Norfolk Golf Club.
Helmand Blog - Afghanistan (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
The head of the British Army, General Sir David Richards, says it will be "about 2014" before UK troops numbers in Afghanistan reduce. He told the BBC's Caroline Wyatt the war in Afghanistan was "a war very much worth fighting for". He said the army's equipment "is as good as it possibly can be and we continue to address that all the time". Gen Richards replaced Gen Sir...
Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
The appointment of ex-Army chief General Sir Richard Dannatt as a Tory defence minister would be a "terrible error", former head of the Navy Lord West said today.
Amber Valley Matters (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Submitted by Michael Clarke The cowards that make up the local and national Conservative Party have learnt a lot from their scheming with NuLabour on how to tackle the rise of the British National Party. The main thrust seems to be, like the yellow backed Liebour politicians, they daren’t confront us head on but much prefer to hide behind third party organisations and people. Labour make great...
Lancaster Unity (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
The Charity Commission has been urged to clamp down on “BNP organisations masquerading as veterans charities” by a group of former senior army generals. The call came in a letter signed by General Sir Mike Jackson and General Sir Richard Dannatt, former heads of the army; Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank, former chief of defence staff, and Major-General Patrick Cordingley, commander of the Desert...
Military Police Association - Isle of Man Sub Group (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
British National Party leader Nick Griffin compared UK generals to Nazi war criminals last night after they accused his party of hijacking military symbols. Mr Griffin also sparked outrage by claiming Winston Churchill would join the BNP if he was still alive and suggesting his party was the most widely supported among rank-and-file soldiers. The BBC will screening a Question Time debate between Mr...
Giles McNeill (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
The Nothing British campaign launches today a new campaign by veterans to reclaim the honour of Britain's Armed Forces from the British National Party. You can find the campaign at www.nothingbritish.com, watch the videos on our YouTube channel, or follow on facebook and twitter. In an internet blitz of videos, a number of war heroes describe their anger that the BNP seeks to use the public's warm...
Lancaster Unity (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Lance Corporal Johnson Beharry VC, with General Sir Mike Jackson Former generals warn that far-right party is attempting to 'hijack' the armed forces Racist insults made by the BNP against Lance Corporal Johnson Beharry, the black Victoria Cross holder, was a driving factor behind General Sir Mike Jackson, the former head of the Army, making a stand against the far-right party. Gen Jackson is among...
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
The BBC have been criticised by some for having Nick Griffin of the BNP on Question Time (due on Thursday). Some suggest that his opinions should not be given air time: the counter argument is that only by taking him on can the generally poor intellectual and political quality of the BNP’s at times highly contradictory positions be exposed. The rebuttal to that is “No publicity is bad publicity”...
Lancaster Unity (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Some of Britain’s most respected military commanders have been drawn into an extraordinary public row with the British National Party after the party's leader compared them to Nazi generals hanged for war crimes. Nick Griffin, the BNP leader, accused General Sir Richard Dannatt and General Sir Mike Jackson, two former chiefs of the general staff, of complicity in “illegal” wars in...
Nick Robinson's Newslog (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
The leader of the BNP Nick Griffin has told me that he does not, after all, want to see two former heads of the British army put on trial and hanged for war crimes. Earlier Mr Griffin was reported on the BNP's website comparing Generals Sir Mike Jackson and Sir Richard Dannatt with Nazi war criminals hanged after the Nuremberg trials. The BNP's leader now says that this was "black humour"....
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