As one of the outstanding Royal Marines of his generation, he brings with him a wealth of operational and organisational expertise. His appointment reflects a Corps which is bound even more tightly to the way the Royal Navy thinks, operates and fights.

"He's also jolly good at murdering the wogs".

Like I said, and probably like pretty much everyone was thinking, accountability is not on the table for the KC, OBE, FFS crowd (the last one is not a real honour but should be)