Until tonight, the group has been discussing rather serious matters. Such as whether the Ministry of Defence (MoD) was aware of the risks when it stationed thousands of young servicemen in places such as Kiritimati (or Christmas Island) and started detonating atomic and hydrogen bombs in the vicinity; and why it continues to deny or delay access to the medical records of those deployed there. One particularly urgent question is whether exposure to blast after blast, without protective shielding, may be the reason so many of the veterans and their descendants have suffered health problems.