No idea except on the Greybeard RN FB group some technical issue is theorised. This is a 40 year old ship and the RN Marine Engineering trade is about 40% under staffed so absolutely everything is co… (View Post)

This time next year we'll be watching an inauguration (or a civil war). Let's all hope for the outcome of maximum comedic potential. DJT 270 - JRB 268 (View Post)

All those are in the EU so detainees could lawyer up. Cruise ships repurposed as Bangladeshi flagged prison hulks sitting just off the 12 mile limit would do it. I don't know how the tories have… (View Post)

That is fixable, though. The government needs to realise that the motivations for joining the forces are not the same as they were. Nobody will join to see the world. In the 60s most people couldn�… (View Post)

Attachés are good value for money in terms of co-operation, intelligence, etc. The UK probably needs more not less. They are also useful for getting you out when you've been locked up in foreign… (View Post)