The Tory Earl of Onslow and the LibDem’s Lord Holme were on Today this morning discussing the Lords Constitution Committee’s call for an end to the Government’s unfettered power to deploy British troops abroad.

Onslow pointed out that if France were to attack Dover we would need to respond quickly and there would not be time for a debate in the commons. Exactly.

All the more reason Guido thinks for Britain to develop a truly independent of the Yanks short-range nuclear deterrent. Onslow knows…