I was delighted to be invited by the current Chief of the General Staff to an event last week, where I heard all about his successor. The Government have thankfully steered away from a politically correct appointment and selected someone with a similar background to Patrick Sanders’ predecessor.
Currently, the two most important criteria for the Crown and the Country are ceremonial duties and what I nickname stiletto operations, when Special Forces are deployed without attribution (or difficult Parliamentary debates). It is understandable, therefore, that the new head of the British Army is a Guardsman who held the appointment of Director Special Forces.
General Sanders’ successor (who will not take up the appointment until next year) was born two months before I was commissioned and attended Winston Churchill’s alma mater. He was awarded a DSO for commanding the Grenadier Guards in Afghanistan, so he has the full respect of our closest ally. I have no doubt that he will be included in the most secret briefings about how the US military is supporting both Ukraine and Israel and will be able to advise the Government on these and other UK operations of vital national interest.
Winston Churchill’s Alma Mater
Rupert Wieloch 