Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton dismissed reports of a £28 billion funding shortfall in the defence programme as “speculation” as MPs pressed him over delays to the Defence Investment Plan. Click image for more. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/ministers-face…

@UKDefJournal He wouldn’t be in that job if he wasn’t able to astutely deflect the blame away from politicians, even when they’re the ones quizzing him! See ‘West Midlands Chief Constable’ for comparison.

@UKDefJournal He didn't deny it. He called it 'speculation', which means it was bang on the money. So the mod has 3 months to find out how to cut £28bn from its spending planes on what is already threadbare defence.