Not sure how I stumbled on this post, but it brought back some memories.
Al Steadman went through 4FTS and was posted to Lightnings.
He struggled on the 229 OCU Hunter pre-Lightning course as it was called in those days before getting an early chop at the Lightning OCU.
I recall a 226 OCU Lightning QFI expressing amazement that Al had negotiated his Mk2 Jaguar from Norwich to Coltishall.
Not sure if he even soloed on type.
Fast forward to January 2015 General Election campaign[
UKIP delivered 'A Message from Patricia Culligan' leaflet to my home on the South Coast
Under the headline 'Miliband, Clegg and Cameron ...They aren't on our side '
Ms Culligan posed with a rather dapper gentleman outside a local NHS facility with the caption SAVE OUR NHS.
The gentleman in question is [99.9% certain] Mr Alastair Steadman!
Don't have a copy of the leaflet unfortunately.