Michael Fallon is speaking in London
Following his personal attack on Ed Miliband in today’s Times the defence secretary is speaking in central London about the Conservative pledges for the future of the nuclear deterrent.
He has just been asked whether the Conservtives will commit to defence spending of 2% of GDP. He dodges it slightly – this is a big issue for backbench Conservatives who want this promise, and expect a pledge in next week’s manifesto. It may be that Michael Fallon is not allowed to steal David Cameron’s thunder on the issue.