Keith Mans was a cadet at the Towers, and I am currently in touch with one of his relatives regarding Children in Need at the kids' sailing club (Salterns) in Lymington. Small world.
Regarding the candidature of Paul Smyth for UKiP, I am reminded of the kid who told his dad that when he grew up he wanted to be a fighter pilot (probably applies to navigators too). His father told him to "make his mind up". cf UKiP - do you want to be a politician or represent UKiP. - members of UKiP will grow up sometime, and realise they are being sold a pig in a poke - but then they will find there is not even a pig! (IMHO and allegedly)