Brian, Team, please carry on fighting the good fight - you will win in the end.
The reason I am sure of this, and the reason for my first post on this thread, is the nauseating contribution by AC on 2nd May. I don't know where in the MoD office organization he fits, but I was disgusted by the notion that someone would be proud of wring a 'clear and cogent destruction' of a submission to a Minister.
He's a public servant. He's paid for by us. He serves us. He is supposed to be impartial, honest and fair. What he should have done was to write an impartial appraisal for consideration by the Minister, not some mincing hatchet job to please his Masters. It's a glimpse of a moral cesspit. AC should hang his head in shame, but I'd guess he has a problem understanding the word 'shame'.
Brian, please keep going.
Best Regards
Engines