At one point the RN had a ship named after the most significant hiding they ever got off the French - HMS Chesapeake. I'm sure that confused them. (View Post)

HMS Queen Elizabeth so I agree. There is a US Navy proscription against naming ships after living people (although Vinson and Stennis got passes) so this new whatever-it-is is the 'Trump Class&#… (View Post)

Behave yourself. This is a full time job for me. Enforcement threshold is 10% + 2mph. (View Post)

I doubt JDV gives a shit about Rosyth. He'd just say he's bringing the work back to the US. It's all irrelevant anyway because whoever is UK PM is at the time will just do whatever JDV… (View Post)

I did my BA in Arabic at SOAS from ages 54-57 and I had some advantages over the younger undergrads - I was better organised than most of them and more committed than some of them. But I was the olde… (View Post)