JP - but that is the whole crux of this thread. It is OK for the RAF to insult the dead officers, but not for us to criticise those tucked up cosily for a snooze in the Lords. Where is your evidence to suggest that these Lords were not in the bar? You have none, yet you have sprung to their defence based on previous service record and your opinion that they are 'gallant'. All the latest posts on this thread are suggesting is that many of those that voted may have done so in such a way to defend their peers and the senior officers involved because they felt it was their duty to do so. It rightly questions whether they agreed with the report or were politically motivated.
You should note that I have no personal opinion of the Lords involved, I am just prepared to see both possibilities, which is something some people are clearly unable to do.