The end of the road for the Royal Navy
For 200 years, if in doubt as to how to behave, all a member of the Royal Navy had to do was ask himself this question;
What would Nelson have done?
I think we can safely say that most of the people in this picture are not asking themselves that question.
But perhaps this one is.
Succinct.
Posted by: jameshigham | Sunday, April 08, 2007 at 11:36 AM
Indeed. There are a couple of people hiding at the back too. Gray suit at our far left & guy just to right of centre looking hard to his right.
S-E
Posted by: Surreptitious Evil | Sunday, April 08, 2007 at 05:31 PM
There were two or three of the men .... marines I think .... who looked very unhappy at the "press conference." They were frowning and turning their heads away.
I doubt they`ll be selling their story to the News Of The World.
Posted by: Carter | Monday, April 09, 2007 at 01:05 AM
Now that those seamen and marines are safe, it is time to make some changes. Fire some admirals and the minister who made those moronic nonsmoking comments, institute and publicize "fire at will whenever seen fit" rules of engagement, wipe those damn smiles off the faces of the former abductees, and get them back into uniform ASAP. What military organization would allow a sailor to return to her country wearing a babushka? How utterly exasperating.
The Navy needs to show that they are not afraid to spoil the paint job on their cannon.
Posted by: Ben There | Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at 01:37 AM
Sadly, due to the education system as it now is, most of them probably don't know who Nelson was. I think all that has happened since their release is more telling about the state of all media now than it is about their characters, though.
Posted by: Welshcakes Limoncello | Thursday, April 12, 2007 at 02:39 AM