Ed, I can't speak of Jimmy, but if you are talking of truths what do you make of Sir Glenn Torpy's assertion on the Panorama program that the Nimrod "is as safe as it needs to be."
Neither myself nor Mick can work out what has changed from then, when the Nimrod was cleared to AAR, to today, when it is not.
And, what do you make of Sir Glenn Torpy's advice to SoSDef this week that in his professional opinion the Nimrod is airworthy?
Should we believe him, or will the Nimrod fleet get grounded some time over the coming months?