Chris Whiteside's Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
This is "The Sun Says" reaction to the latest government loss of people's personal data: ANOTHER day, another data disaster from this most incompetent of governments. The Sun’s revelation that the private details of HALF our armed forces have been lost angers our new Defence Secretary John Hutton. Good. But being furious is not enough. Mr Hutton is the new broom at Defence. He has a chance to show...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
There must be no letup in the fight in Afghanistan despite global economic downturn Defence Secretary tells Nato.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Campaigners call on new Defence Secretary John Hutton to clear two pilots of blame for a 1994 RAF Chinook helicopter crash.
The Sun (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
NEW Defence chief John Hutton backs our soldiers and the Help for Heroes crusade
ANTI-METRIX (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
New Defence Ministerial team announced Following the appointment on Friday, 3 October 2008, of the Rt Hon John Hutton MP as Secretary of State for Defence, further changes to the Defence Ministerial team have been confirmed. L-R: Quentin Davies MP , the new Minister for Defence Equipment and Support and Kevan Jones MP, the new Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Veterans Rt Hon...
ANTI-METRIX (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
A reality check for Britain's defence strategy As UK troops risk becoming sidelined in Afghanistan, John Hutton must push for an urgent defence and security review All comments ( ) article here Robert Fox guardian.co.uk , A senior brigadier's candour about the prospects of beating the Taliban in Afghanistan must have given the new defence secretary John Hutton a bit of jolt just days into his new job....
The UK Daily Pundit (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
On the day The Mirror reported that MOD bosses lavished £230 million in just one year on hotels and dinners compared to a paltry £16 million on refurbishing soldiers accommodation, the Spectator's Daniel Korski has set out his wish list for John Hutton's first 100 days as Defence Secretary. Issues surrounding the conditions of soldiers and veterans comes a surprising 4th place, with Iraq...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Robert Fox: As UK troops risk becoming sidelined in Afghanistan, John Hutton must push for an urgent defence and security review
Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
I don't know whether anyone has asked recently, but where did this habit (for that is what it is becoming) of clapping the Secretaries of State in and out come from? It somewhat resembles the People's Republic of North Korea. On Friday at BERR an e-mail went round to say John Hutton would be leaving at 1.30. The masses duly gathered to clap/say their goodbyes or just waste half an hour only for him...
ORDOVICIUS (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Quentin Davies has been given a job at the Ministry of Defence. Iain Dale quips: "...a man less likely to make it as a minister I have yet to meet. I do not envy John Hutton's task in embedding him into a Ministerial team. But it should be entertaining for the rest of us. Would that be because he's a Tory?
Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
The government reshuffle is now complete . And the big news is... that Quentin Davies has been given a job at the Ministry of Defence. I assume it is as a junior minister. All I can say, is that a man less likely to make it as a minister I have yet to meet. I do not envy John Hutton's task in embedding him into a Ministerial team. But it should be entertaining for the rest of us.
Mark Wadsworth (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Of all the riff raff and dross in the Gummint, there are - bear with me here - a couple who occasionally think and speak clearly: John Hutton, at the recent Labour Conference : "Tories say no to new coal and have sent mixed messages on nuclear. The Liberal Democrats say no to new coal and new nuclear. But no coal plus no nuclear equals no lights. No power. No future." Phil Woolas, Environment Minister,...
ConservativesNI.com (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
The reshuffle which was billed by many to be a ‘minor’ one has been anything but. Like a phoenix from the flames, EU Trade Commissioner, and Blairite outrider in chief, Peter Mandelson has returned as Business Secretary in place of John Hutton who moves to Defence. So much for the age of spin coming to an [...]
Les Bonner (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Commenting on today’s announcement of the appointment of John Hutton as Defence Secretary, Liberal Democrat Shadow Defence Secretary, Nick Harvey said: “John Hutton will inherit a department in a state of deep crisis.” “Our Armed Forces are badly overstretched on two fronts. There is a black hole in the defence budget and a chronic lack of [...]
Paul Linford (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
We were told that seven ministers were going to resign, that Ruth Kelly's was just the first in a series of departures which would deliver a crushing blow to the Prime Minister's authority. We were told that others, including John Hutton, would refuse to serve or be moved. And today, Gordon Brown has stuck a triumphant two fingers up to the lot of them. The key to this reshuffle, for Gordon, was to...
