Now this story may not be true,but I heard in pub that the government had sold the Royal Navy to pay the M.P.s their expenses ? Well maybe not, but I have just read an R.N.A journal,(area 10),April 2007, where-in their president quoted part of prophetic speach made in the Nelson era.
" It is upon the Navy,under the good providence of God,that the safety honour and welfare of this realm do chiefly depend".
I would be quite happy to argue this case to be every bit as true today as it was then, with anyone !
A great article.
