There was this
mindset I mentioned earlier,
of RAF Police is to make sure there's
Reds under the bed.
I've seen as a huge
wanted to admit that
that they were
were likely to try and blackmail,
influential members of the military.
and indeed, the civil service,
to part with secrets.
Now what they thought a very junior acting
would have access to
other than the,
a nine millimeter pistol or salute a lot,
somewhere in the,
if you were of, gay persuasion,
Therefore, you had to go,
I, I think that is, I
a rather strange way of
excusing what I suspect
was more of a old brigade attitude to,
to put it crudely,
I there was a huge machismo
I think if you were to ask women serving
they had a damn sight
so just the, the the belittling of
of women who
are far better at their job
than men, in many cases
A female police officer diffuses
far better than a male officer.
But there was
that sort of testosterone nonsense
no one actually thought to ask the junior
we can't have people showering together
Can't have that.
with this, this insulting
ambiguity,
every man and utter nonsense.
not in the least bit
As a professional,
and place for everything.
no one thought to ask
guys and gals,
I had a phone call out of the blue from,
who we served together
He saw me giving an interview
when the the report hit the news,
and said, I've been trying
You know,
You just you weren't there.
We all thought
and we weren't allowed to contact you.
this was before mobile phones and emails
No one thought to ask them.
You know.
Are you okay serving with him?
Yeah. Why wouldn't we be?
It just had this top down assumption
Gay is liable to be blackmailed.
Nobody wants to serve with gay, lesbian.
Well, they got that wrong.
