Blackpool Jim?

The obsession the Evening Gazette has with Major Jim Houldsworth Royal Marines is disconcerting. Is that the man who organised the debacle of Remembrance Day in such poor taste and with catastrophic, erratic timing that the last post was played five minutes before the two minutes silence? Who decided that former soldiers should be entertained by the caterwauls of Cum Bai Yar, that managed to force former soldiers away in disbelief? I heard one real Major of Artillery say that he was never again going to the Blackpool ceremony because the parade was that bad. Yet the back slapping brigade thought it was GOOD. It was indeed that bad that only an imbecile would demand that geriatric standard bearers should parade 45 minutes beforehand. It takes two minutes to get the Old Lags into place with their Standards despite the vagaries of the weather. It does not bode well for the Veterans Week of Parades.
Who is this honourable, elderly gentleman?
Answers please to The Gazette
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It definitely is not Major Jim Houldsworth.