Ukraine crisis creates high-level tensions in UK
Senior officers in the armed forces and ministers have been at loggerheads about the implications of the Ukraine crisis for Britain's defence.
I've learned that Philip Hammond, as defence secretary, threatened one officer, General Sir Richard Shirreff, with disciplinary action after he gave an interview in March suggesting the armed forces were not capable of meeting this new challenge.
Gen Shirreff, who was the outgoing deputy supreme commander of Nato at the time, said Russia's actions in Ukraine were a "paradigm shift" that required Britain to "prioritise defence".
When the general said much the same to the House of Commons defence committee in July, Mr Hammond dismissed it, arguing "[Gen Shirreff] can speak only for himself but he does not speak for the department
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