I have very little complaint about how they handled themselves in Iran. We were told that the whole 'big brother' meeja fest was set up to allow the MoD some control. All I can say is, if this is what Mr Bean and Faye Goodie are coming out with and they are being assisted by MoD press minders, I dread to think what would be coming out if they weren't being advised by 'professional' MoD minders. It's been said elsewhere, the entire RN press dept should get their P45s pronto.
One day we might actually find out where the 3 (US) vessels in the task group with a shallow enough draught to escort our rubber dinghies were. Or, indeed, why we didn't just search ships after they tied up at Basra instead of having the RN fart about close to Iranian waters after the IRGC had announced they were after Western hostages in retaliation for their chaps taken by the US in Iraq. But hey, that is why the NuLabour MoD gyroscopic physicians hung these youngsters out to the press, to divert attention from the real questions.