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Hello, I'm Angus Colwell and welcome to Spectator Out Loud.

Each week, a few of our favourite writers read their pieces from the latest issue of the magazine.

This week, we'll hear from Katie Balls and Why the Tories Love a Veteran,

John Connolly on the UK's new migrant ghettos,

and Gus Carter asks why he isn't invited to many dinner parties.

First up is Katie Balls.

When Conservative Prime Ministers face a problem of logistics, from ambulance driver shortages

to border force failures, there is a solution they like to fall back on. Send in the military.

When Boris Johnson was London mayor, he welcomed David Cameron's decision to invite the

army to help with the Olympics after the security firm G4S failed to provide enough staff.

Now Johnson is in number 10.

He regularly calls on the troops to deal of any state deficiencies.

During the pandemic, army personnel worked closely with the NHS,

first in helping to build a nightingale hospital in 10 days,

and then during the vaccine rollout.

Just this week, the government welcomed a far-reaching review of health and social care leadership co-produced by Sir Gordon Messenger,

who led the Royal Marines invasion of Iraq.

Might the army also fix the dysfunction in Johnson's Downing Street?

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