Sir, – May I be permitted to join the debate on the nuclear deterrent? My background is that I have spent the whole of my 50+ year career as a lawyer, spent seven years in the RNR as an intelligence officer and have since been the parliamentary correspondent of Warship World magazine for nearly 29 years. During that time, I have witnessed the gradual contraction of the RN. Indeed, the Navy’s frontline is now just 45% of what it was when I became parliamentary correspondent in 1992 – a shocking indictment. It is my belief that the weaker we become in terms of conventional forces, the greater…
