I had the opportunity to meet Jock Slater when he was First Sea Lord. It was a Trafalgar Night event. He was, in my dim recollection, a class act.
The number of dead brain cells was beyond counting.
Rule, Britannia, marmalade and jam...
My head hurt for days.
As to the topic at hand, my dear Limey friends, while you all were talking about building a carrier
the Chinese went and built one.