article_snippet: Speaking at a meeting of the UK National Defence Association (UKNDA), Tory MP Colonel Bob Stewart, a member of the defence select committee said the generals should make the people the generals command the generals priority and resign on principle, instead of focusing the generals efforts on ‘getting another star’.
article_snippet: Air Commodore Andrew Lambert added: ‘The trouble with this is you provide the man power but with none of the authority.
article_snippet: Why should we provide the man power –
article_snippet: ‘If we are really [in] a parlous state in defence, why are the Joint Chiefs of Staff not tendering the Joint Chiefs of Staff resignations?
article_snippet: ‘the Joint Chiefs of Staff should actually put the Joint Chiefs of Staff responsibilities to the people who the Joint Chiefs of Staff command as the Joint Chiefs of Staff top priority, rather than getting another star.