Richard Barrons backs George Robertson and says UK forces ‘too small and undernourished for the world that we now live in’ Richard Barrons backs George Robertson and says UK forces ‘too small and undernourished for the world that we now live in’ double quotation mark There is a corrosive complacency today in Britain’s political leadership. Lip service is paid to the risks, the threats, the bright red signals of danger — but even a promised national conversation about defence can’t be started.