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What I really said to Gordon Brown: Field Marshal Lord Guthrie sets the record straight

11 December 2021

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11 December 2021

9:00 AM

Peace, War and Whitehall: A Memoir Field Marshal Lord Guthrie

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A headline in the Mail on Sunday, taken up eagerly by the BBC’s Todayprogramme, claimed recently: ‘The SAS is getting worried that not enough posh officers are applying for jobs.’ Having hooked those shocked by the thought that the SAS should draw such distinctions, as well as those appalled that oiks are applying at all, the piece actually went on to explain that one officer failed the selection because he ‘lacked the sophistication’ to be able to brief cabinet ministers on operations.

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