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Can Britain’s new military policy end decades of pretence?

Can Britain’s new military policy end decades of pretence?

27 March 2021

9:00 AM

27 March 2021

9:00 AM

Like most prime ministers, Boris Johnson has grown fond of deploying the military — albeit so far on the home front. Enthused by the army’s service in the London Olympics, he turned to them when the pandemic struck and 101 Logistic Brigade have been embedded in government ever since. They distributed PPE to frontline workers in March last year, and this year have become an integral part of the vaccine rollout.

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