I can see why it's easy to be highly cynical about MPs only doing 22 days a year, but personally I see it as a good thing. 22 days is more than long enough to realise that a military held together by duct-tape is the price we've paid for EMA and all other such socialist bullsh*t.
Fair point
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IF ONLY they treat these volunteers as a member of the ship's company as opposed to a VIP