Originally Posted by
Asturias56
Jack
Whatever it's called in my post it doesn't change the problems flagged by someone (Chris Cope - who has won prizes for his military journalism) who has spent years studying the RN - that surely is the issue here? Addressing some of the problems will cost serious money - and where that will come from has got to be a concern.
No wonder the Hamlet quotation, "The lady doth protest too much, methinks" comes to mind! Having spent more years in the Royal Navy, both above and below the waves, than I suspect Chris Cope has spent studying it, I'm only too well aware of the major issues concerned. What you now appear to be saying is that it doesn't matter if you, as a someone who has ducked questions about your own background at least twice to my knowledge, feels that it is perfectly acceptable to identify the Senior Service inaccurately, and I am saying perfectly politely that it does, particularly on this forum.
Jack