The military is at its lowest since the Napoleonic wars and we would struggle to deploy 5000. An RAF diversity drive has left us woefully short of pilots and there is also a shortage of planes.
It was hard to keep my eyes open as I snoozed my way through the Duchess of Sussex's latest Netflix bore-fest, yet there was one moment that jolted me wide awake.
As a young tank commander in 1990, I found myself fighting as part of an American corps in the Saudi and Iraqi desert in the First Gulf War. It was a formative experience.
The relentless campaign to erase Britain's proud history continues apace. Portraits of national heroes have been taken down and replaced by modern icons such as... Pixie Balls-Cooper.
COLONEL RICHARD KEMP: Should conscription be reintroduced in Britain, it would be the likes of Stormzy tasked will saying the infamous words: Your Country Needs You.
This week's embarrassing U-turn over the duchess's hastily named lifestyle brand has come as little surprise to some royal officials who had to work with her after she became engaged to Harry in 2017.
As revealed this week, James Murdoch - once his father's heir apparent, now cast as the family black sheep - faced a barrage of 'withering' questions from a lawyer