GUEST Ruth:
Please don't be silly.
I quote you verbatim:

"This is why I suggested that these may (note: MAY) be the hallmarks of the projects you've alluded to".

That is not addressed to a hypothetical "you" as in "one". That is directed to a quite specific person, and that specific person can only be me in the context ofyour post.I repeat, I do not hold the views you are having a go at me for. I support the EFDSS, I support funding, and I support innovation. Which(to quote you again) bit don't you understand?
    This is a serious and interesting discussion about the future of the EFDSS, now looking rosier than it has for a generation or two, to my way of thinking. Which is brilliant. What on earth are you on about?