What are the Brits to do with (and how to pay for) their armed forces?

Further to this post,

British defence budget woes--a lesson for Canada too?

more from across the pond:

1) The Economist:

Future defence policy
The war over military spending
How to maintain global power, pay for today’s wars and buy tomorrow’s kit?

2) Two from The Times:

The future of defence part three: The RAF

Goodbye, Armed Forces. One force will do
The Strategic Defence Review is our chance to set up a British version of the US Marines and become Nato’s attack dogs

Lots for Canadians to think about, esp. the Marine Corps analogy (see near the end of the post mentioned at the start above, not that any Canadian government would want the CF to be "attack dogs").