Lord Guthrie slams Government's "dithering" on Afghanistan

Lord Guthrie, former Chief of the Defence Staff, gave a devastating assessment of the Government's efforts in Afghanistan during a Lords debate...

Gordon Brown shows "a complete lack of understanding" of the need for more helicopters...

It is unsatisfactory for ministers to quote percentage increases in commitments when we started from such a low base...

"Dithering in London" is stopping 500 soldiers going to Afghanistan now...

The "quite extraordinary" decision of TA funding - thankfully reversed - sent out a terrible signal....

Our army is too small...

There is no clear coordination of policy towards Afghanistan between the Foreign Office, MoD and DFID...

Watch his contribution below: