Sir Hardly....
Just to paraphrase the letter then:
Give us back the carriers, naval fixed wing better than everyone elses, navy navy navy, 5 harriers (OS version, no radar, sub sonic no link, old heaters only) could enforce a Nfz over country the size of France by them selves, crabs are bastards, navy navy navy, you did this to us, we played no part in any decision making process, navy navy navy.
Turbine I'm with you, the UKNDA is like an old retired naval gentleman's club, sharkey and Sandy are like Statler and Waldorf the two old blokes off of sesame street always prattling on about the same rubbish. Reading some of the previous letters this lot have signed makes you laugh and wonder if any of the RAF signatory's have even read the letter ! In fact in the article on the site where this letter has been reproduced I quote Sandy;
Admiral Sir John "Sandy" Woodward, commander of Britain's taskforce in the Falklands War, accused the former chief of the defence staff Lord Stirrup of privately lobbying Mr Cameron to axe the Harrier. Lord Stirrup rejected the "completely false" allegations yesterday, claiming that "the whole issue of which aircraft to reduce was debated extensively".
Statler and Waldorf...........It's gone get over it and start doing what that UKNDA website is supposed to be for, supporting current members of the forces and give up the personal vendetta's.