And back to ''Captain Birds Eye''
(The Guardian - Lawrence Booth)
''The foam-flecked case of Captain Robert Tarrant, the nuclear-submarine commander being
investigated for allegedly making his subordinates on HMS Talent feel smaller than plankton,
might provide a clue. Prosecuting at a court martial in Portsmouth, Commander Alison Towler
argued that commanding officers have the right to scream at the top of their lungs only when
"forceful and immediate action" is required, action that leaves "no room for tact". But Tarrant,
a less avuncular version of Captain Birds Eye, stands accused of bawling for 20 minutes in the
face of a lieutenant from a fishfinger's length away. This, according to the prosecution, was
behaviour that transcended "robust leadership and management. ''
