The man operating the ship is dressed in a military uniform, wearing a World War II type steel helmet and a French Foreign Legion jacket with large epaulettes.

Back at the terraced house, a man dressed as a woman appears, breaks plates and attacks the General figure and wrestles him to the ground.

The band proceed down the River Thames in central London, waving to passing boats and saluting a prominent nearby building.

He described it as "the most cheerful track, with its great nursery-school tune of a chorus and winsome bluebeat skip", and added that the lyric is "at once oblique and sharp" and "a little more sophisticated than the average ban the bomb ditty".

[2] Roger Morton of Record Mirror wrote, "Displaying a healthy glaze of ska-tissue rhythm, Madness set sail against Rambo-land, armed with a deceptively chirpy tune and a camouflaged lyric.

"[3] Vici MacDonald of Smash Hits described it as "an optimistic singalong calypso thingie, which, like most Madness songs, turns out to be quite depressing once you start listening to the lyrics".

[4] Karen Swayne of Number One praised it as "another fine single" from Madness and added, "[It] has a jollier feel than 'Yesterday's Men', with a skanky beat reminiscent of their earlier stuff, but the message of anti-American imperialism reflects their growing maturity.