Dominic Sandbrook
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So he's very short, very stocky.
He's bright yellow because he had malaria when he was young.
He's extremely religious.
When he was ashore, he would try to go to church two or three times a day, which seems a lot to me.
Oddly, for somebody who's such a great naval hero, he suffered from seasickness.
On the other hand, he was an incredibly good and enthusiastic dancer.
How did he have time with all the church and the...
Also, dancing on board ship, if you're seasick.
Sloshing all over the place.
Exactly.
Anyway, Fisher is a great character.
Everybody loves Fisher.
They're very excited that he's been brought back, rather like bringing back Kitchener to run the war office.
But actually, as with Kitchener, Jackie Fisher is a bit of a loose cannon.
He's 73 years old.
He's very autocratic.
He's very indecisive.
He's very difficult.
He spends most of his time leaking to the Tory press and saying, I hate Churchill.
Churchill's useless.