Two services in ten years 'entirely plausible', says Sir Jock

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I gather it worked in the end

If by "worked" you mean left it completely ineffectual at procuring anything that costs more than a bullet; and completely at the mercy of whichever shower is camped out in the Parliament building in Ottawa (the Canucks are worse than the Italians at changing Governments), yes, it worked splendidly.