On RAF flights, there is no drink unless the defence secretary sanctions it. Fallon, returning with journalists from the Baltic countries or the Middle East, could usually be persuaded to be sociable and have the booze locker opened. His record as defence secretary is mixed. But there is a different narrative, with many of Fallon’s claims viewed as bluster around the world and within the UK’s armed forces. But he was never a member of the armed forces.

Source: The Guardian November 01, 2017 21:57 UTC