In recent days Westminster has been convulsed with debate and discussion about general election debates, but there are more substantial issues bubbling away just below the surface.

Amazingly the United States army Chief of Staff has seen fit to complain about British defence spending. There has not been much comment on how extra-ordinary this is. It has long been the protocol that public servants of one country do not comment publically on the internal politics of another. But when it comes to the American military/industrial complex normal rules do not apply. The multibillion economic nexus, thinks nothing of interfering in the internal affairs of sovereign nations. Which raises the question of how much sovereignty a country like the UK really has. Continue reading →