Um, yes, ok. Like my grandchildren – or anybody, in fact – would be interested that Nigel “who?” Farage was at one point in the running to be an ambassador, let alone ambassador to America.

Make him ambassador to France, or Nigeria or, better still, Rockall…

I am guessing, from how the Uboat was sunk, having been transported outside the pressure hull and the sub having split it two, what was salvaged was still containerised and the rest was lost in the destruction.

There was another film, whose name I cannot remember, and is probably not the film that is being looked for if my assumption above is wrong (which I don’t think I am), which seemed to involve an escaped humanoid from Venus (I think) who is being chased by other Venusians who throw an invisible barrier or dome around a village which prevents people getting in or out. More details might emerge from my memory – I think it was b/w, there seemed to be quite a few military involved, a plane crashes into the dome, etc – but I think it ends with all the Venusians leaving in something vaguely rocket-like which explodes, possibly to save the earth from their evil masters…
As I said, I don’t think this is the one Hammy is looking for but it is thrown into the mix, just the same.

Village Of The Damned, 1960, from the book The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham.

There was a remake in 1995, which I’ve not knowingly seen…

Is anything ever self evident?

South Africa has always had gun crime, some of it may have been related to overthrowing the apartheid government and just carried on since the gun was there and the opportunity presented itself, etc etc. Lots of poverty, lots of unemployment and, conversely, lots of visible affluence too.
Brazil would probably come under the heading of not a civilised country in the manner we would understand. I worked with a man who married a Brazilian girl and went out there for a while; lovely country, he said, lovely people (mostly), no prospects and little work – little wonder that the illegal lumber trade is such a major thing (cash in hand, no need to deal with the bureaucracy that is local government, loads of demand, etc). Very little chance for social progression, since no job no money so there are more illegal routes to assist. My colleague was with his brother-in-law at a petrol station when the car next to them was stolen – a man walked up to it, shot the driver at point blank, dragged the body out, got in and waited for the traffic to let him out like he had just filled up and not committed murder. The pair left as quick as they could because the police would detain everyone present and try to stick the killing on them, despite the lack of a gun or stolen vehicle: that was how it is. When I expressed shock at the tale my friend explained that it was how it was in Brazil – man has car, another has a gun. It happened to him with a pair of shoes, except that they knew he was a tourist so just waving the gun at him saved a bullet; as it was his shoes were the wrong size – they sized them up in front of him, but took them anyway to trade elsewhere. His advice was to never dress like you had money, not to have a phone, wallet, camera, or even a clean shirt when you go out. Those with money protect themselves, those without steal.
Mexico has a big crime problem, mainly revolving around drugs.
In common, all three have police corruption problems as well as major scale gang crime. Maybe America has similar problems but, and this is the clincher, America is supposed to be a civilised nation (ignoring elections) and yet it allows its citizens to arm themselves like it is still the wild west whereas South Africa, Brazil and Mexico have very little choice or ability.

I had you down for the back end of Nelly the pantomime cow.

And who would have thought your Nigel would jump on that wagon with the band as it goes past… Remarkable.

But all the right bits are there. You know, the ones that, were this a certain Supermarine product, would enable this wreck to be rebuilt – sorry, restored – from scratch.