Britain's defence policy is not British, not defensive and not even a policy. It's a mess

One tank that is not on its way to Ukraine is Britain's latest super-tank, the Ajax. It has been more than 10 years in the planning and £5.5bn in the building, but it doesn't work. Its tracks suffer from speed bumps and its interior keeps injuring its drivers. If I were the god Ajax, I would sue for my reputation. It is nearly a quarter-century since Tony Blair unveiled his doctrine of so-called humanitarian interventionism. This was in support of the UN's grandiose declaration of a "responsibility to protect" human beings everywhere. As Margaret Thatcher had liberated the Falklanders, so…