Funny thing Melchett you nailed it = they are saying the same today, its all about May, other Tories have totally submerged lately.
William- a short story. In the hard faced field I now work in, a young guy (my boss at the time) told me a tale about how he wanted to join the RN as an officer. He was a comprehensive school boy from a very unglamorous northern industrial town. With an accent that would confirm his origin... he was totally rejected as such, but tried to be steered towards tiff. Which he rejected.
So now he's a very senior guy at a young age with the same accent, a young uber talented pro and would truly run rings around many or most of the RN officers I worked with or for.
Wiki up the present guys in charge of all aspects of the military and a clique emerges, a cabal. Think some recognise this and want change, better diversity that reflects us all.
Don't say they cant do it - WW2s Bomber Command intake says differently.