So pleased that someone with a fair bit of knowledge, not just opinionated ignorance, has set the record straight in the Telegraph. Lt Page has never been the best of sources.
Whitehall mandarins did not cripple Britain’s aircraft carriers – here’s why we got it right
A secret cabal of shadowy mandarins conspiring to subvert the state. The armed forces deliberately hobbled by the enemies of the people, and the whole plot to emasculate Britain’s new aircraft carriers lent a satanic edge by the ring of 13 plotters devilling in the dark. I was interested to read the report by Mr Lewis Page, but I believe it owes more to John Buchan and the 39 Steps than to Jason Bourne or James Bond. Let me lift the veil on the workings of government a little and tell you my first hand account...