General the Lord Richards of Herstmonceux
McKay Interview
Sunday, 15 October 2023 - 31 minutes
(**This interview was recorded before the Hamas attack on Israel**)
General David Richards has been Knighted by Her Majesty the Queen not once but twice!.
He has served in Northern Ireland, the Far East, Germany, East Timor, Sierre Leone and Afghanistan where, as a 4 star General, he was the military officer in charge of all NATO operations and worked closely with President Karzai.
He counselled his British political masters not to get deeply involved in either the Syria or Libya conflicts.
He has been described as not just a military soldier but a moral one too. He says that he associates the military with doing good.
Apparently, he was also once Joan Collins’s bodyguard.
He speaks with Michael McKay.
