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A photo has been unearthed of a top cop, accused of being a ‘fraud’ for wearing a Falklands War medal, amongst the 1984 intake of the Royal Navy – two years after the conflict with Argentina ended.  Northamptonshire Police Chief Constable, Nick Adderley, was spotted in a photo which is …

The political ramifications of such a raid were also unpredictable. The attorney general at the time, Sir Michael Havers, later Lord Havers, was believed to have opposed any attack on Argentina itself. Undertaking such an operation would have been fraught with diplomatic risk. British aircraft were unable to cross Brazilian, …