Re: Federation?
As some will know, my old man served in the Dark Blue. He was keen on a union of sorts throughout his career, which is probably why he did not make Flag rank. I've got a letter somewhere that he wrote to their Warships in about 1960, making some very valid compalints about his Ts and Cs, particularly about pay. He and my mum had to live like church mice (and him a Lancastrian) on his Lt's pay - as he only had his pay to live on....