The catering tent in the sand dit wasn't Mr Hoon but Mr Portilooooo.
I didn't know we had catering tents in the sand during Portillo's stint as SoS. I suspect we didn't.
The real story is that BuffHoon wanted to watch the football that night. So did a lot of men and women in uniform but they were kept hanging around because no-one ahd briefed them that they were not required as a rent-a-crowd.
BuffHoon is clearly selfish, stupid and feckless!