Thinking of Weston, and at the risk of appearing insensitive, I can’t recall anyone who has made such a career out of having been in the wrong place at the wrong time.

And I say that as someone who met and supped with a number of those who were on the Sir Galahad soon after they came home. One – from my part of Swansea, as it happened – got married in this village. (You ought to have seen him and his mates’ faces when the low-flying jets came down the valley.) Like too many of his mates he took to the drink and died too young.

Nobody seems to remember them. They’re best forgotten. They’re an embarrassment. Which is why a genuine Forces for Good would deserve support. That being so, and seeing as the UK government is ultimately responsible, why doesn’t it do more?

I look in on Oscar from time to time, but some of those he attracts are positively antediluvian. Few if any see the wider picture of public funding up for grabs to any glib shyster or Labour crony who hoves into view. Though glad to see you make the point about failed schemes on Anglesey.

Guess what? The council tax payers have got to make good the grant money, which the Welsh Government wants back. In full. Guess what else? Despite this being a gross breach of protocol at and by the council, nobody is getting in trouble for it.

First – http://tinyurl.com/ajv9mwx
Then – http://tinyurl.com/9wcq354