The British people have been consistently indifferent to the fate of the Navy since about 1970, maybe even earlier. We make our own bed and we will all have to lie in it.
Facing up to it and in retrospection, I certainly wouldn't recommend anyone to join it anyway- its often hard, living conditions and harmony I would describe as difficult and at times its a bloody unpleasant life- neither is it well paid and any fringes it once had such as even a limited pension have gone to the dogs.
The picture that was floating around a few days ago of every one of the six Type 45's tied up in Portsmouth told its own story-that the recent management of the Navy, at many levels, in our recent time has been a disaster.
Do we really expect the public to now suddenly volte face and back up such a crock?