Jon Thompson Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Jon Thompson That's the project that keeps me awake at night the most, it's the biggest project the Ministry of Defence is ever going to take on. If the government were to proceed with renewing the deterrent then in due course that would exceed 5 billion( pounds) a year. That is a significant proportion of the defense budget and it's an incredibly complicated area. Jon Thompson most-read-articles That's the project that keeps me awake at night the most, it's the biggest project the Ministry of Defense is ever going to take on. If the government were to proceed with renewing the deterrent then in due course that would exceed 5 billion (pounds) a year. That is a significant proportion of the defense budget and it's an incredibly complicated area. Jon Thompson top-news I’m not going to get the taxpayers sued, if I had a problem with what was being said during the prayer, I wouldn’t pay attention. … We’re going to knowingly become involved in litigation that we cannot afford. Jon Thompson politics