LOTA,
Are you sure he's a good candidate for the post?
For 9 years I was an officer in the RAF serving at home and abroad. I served in Las Vegas, Turkey, Gibraltar, Germany, Cyprus and Iraq.
I left the RAF, went to University and for the next 9 years I was a broadcast journalist. After a year with BBC Radio in Leeds and Middlesbrough, I got a job with ITV Yorkshire in Leeds. I rose up through the pecking order to become the weekend presenter for Calendar News & Sport. I interviewed the likes of David Beckham, Geoff Boycott and Dame Kelly Homes. I first got into broadcasting by hosting the very early morning radio show on Huddersfield FM (now Pennine FM) back in 1995 whilst still in the RAF.
I’m a Hudderdsfield Town season ticket holder and sponsor one of the players.
Proudest moment: reporting pitch side for Calendar at the 2004 playoff final win over Mansfield. “I had to be impartial but inside I was jubilant.”
May well have beeen in the RAF, but has spent longer as a journo! Even broadcasting while serving, so where would his interests really be?