Naval madness
The anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, and the Daily Telegraph, has sent the paper into a spin.First the SPY column comes up with the ludicrous headline, 'US Navy's ties with England go back to Nelson's day' with the only evidence for this that their new political chief takes inspiration from it.
Then John 'air power will never defeat anyone' Keegan gets his knickers in a complete twist about the Royal Navy, deciding that the nation's imports rely on it, and we're in peril at its current strength. He also argues that the carrier programme is too expensive, so therefore we need to spend more money on the Royal Navy.
Keegan's concern is probably based on the ingnorance of his own journalists, who declare on p.4 that "In 1977 when the Queen last reviewed the fleet, more than 100 warships were in service, but the Royal Navy has now dropped to almoast a quarter of that strength". This is nonsense.
Away from the Navy the Telegraph also tells us in its 150th anniversary editorial that from the paper's first editorial, which declared the paper to be 'bound to the fetters of no party', they would not alter a word today. On the front page they give us the latest musings of David Cameron.
posted by Matthew @ 6/29/2005 09:15:00 AM
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