Talk:Richard Dannatt

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[edit] Daily Mail Interview

Breaking news story at the moment that General Dannatt is seeking withdrawal from Iraq (BBC News: General seeks UK Iraq withdrawal).

Interview in tomorrow's Daily Mail (Daily Mail: Army chief declares war on Blair: 'We must quit Iraq soon').

I suggest this may be noteworthy in main article once all the facts and commentary has settled down. --Leigh 21:39, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes, probably a good idea. I got a bit excited there and put something in the main article. I was going to revert but two people have picked it up and started to develop. JoelUK 23:23, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes it should be developed, in news terms this is a very significant story - watch for his appearance on BBC One's Breakfast at 0810. Escaper7 05:23, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
Unfortunatelly, today, October 13, the general unsaid what he spoke yesterday. Even Blair now agrees with him. The meaning of the words suffered a change... 201.19.182.192 17:24, 13 October 2006 (UTC)


This whole section appears to be much ado about nothing and should probably be removed. Jim2345 20:15 , 14 October 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Edit wars

We seem to be getting rather hot under the collar on who said what to whom! Why not fight it out on the talk page, and then we can all join in?Phase4 22:36, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

The story summary box is meant to be used to add information to help editors track the history of an article, not for personal disagreements or edit wars. Please see: Wikipedia's policy on civility which applies to all parts of articles including edit summaries. Also, it's usually courteous to discuss major changes before editing on the article talk page- and this especially applies to moving, controversial stories. Escaper7 11:32, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Headings

Should the heading Controversial Daily Mail interview of October 2006 be subbed to just Daily Mail interview of October 2006? If you're a typical Daily Mail reader, or someone who agrees with the general, you won't find the article "controversial" at all. I think it might help the NPOV of this article, and also shorten it a bit - then the Wiki reader can decide for themselves whether the article was controversial with all sides of the story listed under one heading. (...and yes I am aware that it's unprecedented for a senior military figure to enter a political debate). Any thoughts? Escaper7 12:21, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

No comments by other editors on this - so I've changed the heading - probably better to let readers decide for themselves whether they thought the article was controversial. Escaper7 11:53, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Contradiction?

At present the article says that Dannatt was commissioned in 1971 and was an officer cadet whilst at Durham until 1976. This seems very unlikely / is a contradicion. Greenshed 19:02, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

There is plenty of evidence that the commissioning date is right (see MoD profile and NATO profile) and therefore by implication that the Durham date is wrong. I will delete the Durham date: if anyone has evidence to the contary please revert. Dormskirk 18:10, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Private life

Re his support for Norwich City Football Club, see discussions at User_talk:217.155.39.159 and here. - Fayenatic (talk) 17:46, 1 November 2007 (UTC)