Curious that Rosevidney. Having attended a few "do's" recently, I suspect that you are correct in your observation. Many now see a changing of the old guard as a more satisfactory result. It should be no surprise, the service has always rated their people as having a good standard of intelligence, if UKIP appeal it's certainly not a non informed choice. For my "three penneth" this sounds like a lot of the spin from the nations No1 snake oil salesman, an attempt to "appear" inclusive. He forgot to mention, ex service Tory candidates welcome, with a 2 million quid donation to the party.
Smudge