Inevitable perhaps, but that 'fake admiral' chap with the uniform which doesn't fit properly has been arrested.
All we know about the Remembrance Sunday ‘fake admiral’ after police charge man
A man has been charged after an alleged military imposter wore the uniform of a Royal Navy rear admiral at a Remembrance Day ceremony.
Jonathan Carley, 64, from Harlech, Gwynedd, has been charged with wearing uniform or dress bearing the mark of His Majesty’s Forces without permission.
He will appear at Caernarfon Magistrates’ Court on December 11.
Strange thing to do, poor chap, but it's the kind of thing which has happened before in various parades. I recall a similar case round here some years ago where a bloke wore medals he'd bought but hadn't been awarded.
It's not a particularly valid comparison, but I'm reminded of our 'Prime Minister' with his absurd knighthood, gifted clothing, worthless speeches, empty promises and feeble attempts at being a real statesman.
Not a particularly valid comparison, but there is something there because we all know it to some degree, the desire to be what we're not.
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'Our' Royal family often wear fake uniforms and medals. Will someone please arrest them.
"It's not a particularly valid comparison, but I'm reminded of our 'Prime Minister' with his absurd knighthood, gifted clothing, worthless speeches, empty promises and feeble attempts at being a real statesman"
Sadly, Starmer hasn't been arrested...
From t'internet:
Walter Mitty - an ordinary, timid person who is given to adventurous and self-aggrandizing daydreams or secret plans as a way of glamorizing a humdrum life.
He is merely a low wattage individual trying to aggrandise himself with fake trappings. In reality he is probably a shelf stacker and not the person to be in charge of the photocopier, let alone anything else.
Anyway, enough of Starmer; what about this chap with the medals?
As so often, I'm left wondering how on earth people like this thought they'd get away with it. After all, at a Remembrance Event there's quite a high chance of bumping into a real naval officer. I suppose it's a sort of mental illness.
Aside: Q: what are the two most useless things on a yacht? A: An umbrella and a naval officer. Boom boom!
It's not only the sad, lonely, or mentally ill, who adorn themselves with honours and awards they have entitlement to. Only recently, a, now sacked, Chief Constable of a County Police force, someone who could have been described as intelligent, was seen to be wearing a Falklands war medal, a campaign which took place when he was 15 years old! That stupid act ended what could have been a glittering career.
To me, who lost colleagues and friends in Borneo, Norniron, and the Falklands, such acts are a sign of disrespect to those who did serve their country and made the ultimate sacrifice, and the offenders deserve everything they receive, whether it be by legal process or a showing of public contempt and humiliation. Excuses of mental illness doesn't do it for me.
Penseivat
Anon - they seem to have lots of them, maybe they award them to each other.
Dave - not yet, but we can hope.
DJ - senior politicians must have self-aggrandizing daydreams too, maybe the Mitty family is far larger than we know.
Chris - ha ha, I like the description of Starmer as low wattage, he's exactly that, casts a grey shadow over everything even in daylight.
Peter - that's the weird aspect, the chance of being found out can't be insignificant with people watching who understand the significance of medals and uniforms. At least he wasn't wearing trainers.
Penseivat - that may well be the attitude the court takes too and it's odd that he didn't see it as a likely outcome if he was spotted.
Tale from my father: shortly after The War a local ne'er do well stood for the council in the Labour interest. He claimed to have a DCM.
People gasped: "Colin, a Distinguished Conduct Medal? Not likely!" So somebody investigated. No medal, but he had had a District Court Martial.
dearieme - ha ha, public life seems to attract Colins.
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