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14th Nov 2006, 16:42

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Originally Posted by cazatou

Pompey Sailor,

Perhaps you should do some research before you sound off. Bearing
in mind that he was "First Sea Lord" (and responsible for the Gallipoli fiasco)

I've tried to avoid this thread but curiosity got the better of me; and I couldn't let this go (Pompey Sailor, pay attention).

Churchill was never First Sea Lord. He was First Lord of the Admiralty, which was a Ministerial position and purely (if that's not an oxymoron) political. As it happened, he did throw his weight around disproportionately and used the experience shamelessly to lead the First Sea Lord a dog's life in the second lot.

The First Sea Lord is the Chief of the Naval Staff in MoD Speak and answers to the Lord High Admiral, HM the Q. That said, the PM and the Secretary of State for Defence (and, covertly, the Chancellor of the Exchequer) can lead him a dog's life! As that is common to the CGS and the CAS, does that make it a Custom or a Habit?

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