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6th April, 2003 Fusilier Kelan John Turrington, aged just 18 years old from Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire, and of 1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, was tragically killed in action during the Battle of Basra, Iraq Lest we Forget this very brave young man 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

We are now a country that favours criminals over law enforcers. Britain is broken. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

Could someone ask him to read the Koran For example the bits about killing 'infidels', and child marriage. and sexual slavery, and Female Genital Mutilation, and how husbands may beat wives, and worst of all, how dogs should be banned This not standard C of E stuff, is it ? Or even the bit about imposing Islam on the entire country, which might be irony, but I don't think so A lot of British people don't really want any of this, and the problem is that the Koran forbids compromise Not even the Scottish Presbyterians are as assertive as this

6th April, 2003 Lance Corporal Ian Malone, aged 28 from Dublin, and Piper Christopher Muzvuru, aged 20 from Gweru, Zimbabwe, both of 1st Battalion, The Irish Guards, were shot and killed by a sniper whilst in battle in Basra, Iraq Lest we Forget these very brave men 🇮🇪 🇿🇼 🇬🇧

I feel like a lot of ppl who dedicate their accounts to football haven’t actually played it cause.. huh?

Three former soldiers will appear at Belfast magistrates court on April 20th. One is charged with a killing that took place in May 1972. He is not accused of acting outside his orders. He is accused of acting within them. The distinction no longer appears to matter. This is the reality behind Labour's Northern Ireland Troubles Bill, a piece of legislation dressed in the language of reconciliation that functions, in practice, as an engine of persecution. The state that sent these men to Northern Ireland, that gave them their orders, that relied on their judgment in circumstances no minister has ever faced, is now the state that funds the machinery pursuing them through the courts half a century later. That is not a technicality. It is the central fact. Taxpayer money flows to the lawyers challenging the actions of soldiers whose actions were sanctioned by the taxpayer. The government calls this justice. General Sir Peter Wall, who commanded the British Army for four years, calls it something without moral backbone. He is right. The operational consequences are already visible. Elite soldiers are leaving the SAS and SBS rather than face the prospect of prosecution decades hence for missions carried out under government orders. The crisis has become sufficiently acute that reservists are being brought into the regular SAS to fill roles vacated by those walking out. Britain's most capable fighting force is being quietly hollowed out by a bill whose architects appear indifferent to the result. Seven former SAS commanders have warned that the legislation is doing the enemy's work, that operational secrets exposed through inquiries give hostile states a narrative of lawless troops. Moscow, Tehran and Beijing do not need to discredit British special forces. Westminster is doing it for them. The asymmetry at the heart of this legislation is not incidental. It is structural. IRA members were released under the Good Friday Agreement. Many destroyed evidence, stayed silent, or received letters guaranteeing they would not be pursued. Soldiers kept records, gave statements, and remained traceable. Decades later, only one group remains available for scrutiny. Not because they are more culpable, but because they are more reachable. The Coagh ambush of June 1991 illustrates the logic perfectly. Three IRA men were stopped by the SAS on their way to murder someone. A coroner ruled the force used was justified. Years later a family challenged that ruling, arguing the soldier should have paused after each shot to consider whether to fire the next one. A judge described that argument as ludicrous and utterly divorced from reality. The challenge continues, funded by legal aid, heard at the Court of Appeal just days ago. No verdict ends the process. The process is the punishment. Keir Starmer has said publicly he is absolutely confident there will be no vexatious prosecutions. Three soldiers will be in a Belfast court in sixteen days. His confidence has not reached them. The government insists its bill provides robust protections for veterans. General Sir Nick Parker, who oversaw the final operations in Northern Ireland, says ministers do not understand the duty of the state to stand by those who serve it. The duty to stand by those who serve is contractual, not sentimental. A soldier who follows orders in a war the state authorised cannot later be offered up as payment for political convenience. What is being constructed here is not a legacy process. It is a permanent legal industry, sustained by public money, targeting the most traceable participants in a conflict the state itself waged. The soldiers kept their records. That is now their liability. A serious country does not behave this way. This one, apparently, does. "Keir Starmer has said publicly he is absolutely confident there will be no vexatious prosecutions. Three soldiers will be in a Belfast court in sixteen days. His confidence has not reached them."

The USAF colonel rescued from Iran will be mightily relieved ... ... that his government will not at any stage in the future be leading the charge to prosecute and persecute him for daring to survive in an operational theatre.

Imagine social media during the Invincibles season: ▪︎ Knocked out by united in the FA Cup semis ▪︎ Knocked out by chelsea in the champions league ▪︎ Knocked out by middlesbrough over two legs in the league cup semis And they’d still be calling it a "failure" 😭 Social media has fried your brains

I think we'd all be slagging Arteta off if he played our first team and we came out with injuries or they looked tired in the next PL game. Our second team arent good enough thats for sure but lets concentrate on supporting our first team in the big 2 now. #COYG

Well @waitrose loyalty to your staff means nothing? I hope he takes the appropriate action.

The Sunday Times says Muslim MPs Ayoub Khan, Perry Barr, B’ham ( Ind) Naz Shah, Bradford West ( Lab) and Afzal Khan, Rusholme ( Lab) attended public meetings here to promote luxury flats being built in Dubai by a Pakistani father and son duo banned from this country and wanted in their own. The MPs claim they had no idea that the pair had links to corruption or that they had lost a High Court case having to forfeit £190million. I’m sure voters would like to see the two Labour MPs investigated for their endorsements which were used on the websites selling the Dubai flats. But I imagine cowardly Starmer will not want to lose the Muslim vote were he to delve too deeply.

@Jenny_1884 @jjcwow Currently watching a program called ‘Edward VIII Britain’s Traitor King’ about the Duke of Windsor. His betrayal of this Country was so much more shocking than I ever realised. Now we have Charles and similarities between the two are clear.

People booing the Royal Family today is quite telling because I never remember in my lifetime when the Queen was ever booed. King Charles has caused irreparable damage to the monarchy. Is it time that KC abdicated before he damages it even further?

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@CharlotteCGill @barryAshcroft4 Plastic face Vorderman really needs to take more water with it. Unless it’s something other than alcohol. Then perhaps get some treatment.

Carol Vorderman releases a rather hostile Easter message. She’s working with a group called “Reform Are Not Your Friends”. I am keeping an eye on these groups as I’m sure they come back to the same EU networks/ lobby groups. Greens are perceived as pro EU.

@JonSpurling1 @19_Micky_48 It drives me mad with all this bull. If you are in completions you have a chance to win them all. It’s idiots like piers Morgan and the rest of the media and pundits who speculate and hype it all up.

I am beyond calm about Arsenal from here until the end of the season. Last night's emotional outburst from the masses was predictable, but also predictably illogical. In moments like this, true analysts comes to the fore and the weak are separated from the chaff. The charlatan's reveal themselves in broad daylight. Unfortunately, they take up 99.9% of the population. Anybody who complained about Arteta's system, the balance, certain players not succeeding because of the coach, or even those complaining about certain individuals not being up to par are almost all completely mistaken. We learnt nothing new about Arsenal last night. Not one thing. From a tactical or player-based point of view. The reality of the situation is that Arsenal came up against the most in-form team in England and played a rotated team due to injuries. This is not an excuse, as Arsenal should still be beating Southampton, but losing to them becomes less of a surprise when considering the context. Arteta's selection was incredibly balanced. I only saw one other analyst on this platform say this, and he is correct. Completely. Yet he is being 'dragged' for it. The first half performance proved that to be entirely correct, too. Arsenal were dominant against a Southampton team who didn't press. However, Southampton did have some moments. Why? Because Mosquera, White, and Gabriel all made unforced individual errors which negatively impacted the flow of the game. That's football, and it can happen, but it certainly happened far too often last night which made the game basketball-y. Then, as the game wore on, Arsenal got weaker due to their injury situation. It was 1-1 at the time and Arsenal had Dowman in the #10 - a role that is instrumental to organising Arsenal's press and exerting control on the game. As good as Dowman is going forwards, his non-existent attempt at a counter-press for the first goal conceded, lack of defensive intensity, and immaturity to organise the press is why he will only be used as a wildcard late on in games against deep-lying defences or when Arsenal need a goal. Right now, he is a total passenger defensively. Then, to make matters worse, Gabriel came off injured and Havertz came off as well (no doubt to manage his load). Arsenal were simply not as well co-ordinated as they typically are defensively as a consequence of these factors all taken together. Arteta picked a rotated team which got weaker as the game went on. The second goal summed up their issues. Southampton kicked long from a goal kick down Mosquera's side, he failed to win the initial aerial duel, and instead of Arsenal having one of Rice, Merino, or Havertz to compete for the second ball on the left, they had Zubimendi, who also failed to win the duel. From here, Southampton scored in transition. Would that have happened if Arsenal didn't have injuries or need to rest Gabriel, Rice, Merino, or Havertz? No. But it did happen, and knockout football is ruthless. One loss and you're out. But does a rotated and injury-hit Arsenal team losing to Southampton mean that the club are in crisis mode? Or that the system is fundamentally broken? Or that there is genuine concern over the Premier League title race or the Champions League situation? Not to any attentive viewer, no, and here's why: In the Carabao Cup final, City surprised Arsenal tactically. Mikel and his staff should have come up with solutions at half-time, but they did not. Players also could have helped on the day, sure, but they suffered too. But, like I said at the time, would Arsenal rather be surprised tactically in the Carabao Cup final or in the league game against City? The answer is so obviously in the cup final. Now, when the league game comes around, Arsenal will be prepared to face that likely City set-up. Trust me on that. Plus, despite losing to Southampton, the balance in the team was excellent. We saw that in the first half. Just because individual errors and a weakened performance as the game went on may skew that notion does not mean that Arteta's system is flawed or that any individuals are not up to par or anything ridiculous like that. Remember, none of Raya, Timber, Saliba, Hincapié, Calafiori, Zubimendi, Rice, Eze, Saka, Trossard, and Gyökeres started. That is quite literally Arsenal's XI outside of Gabriel, and he came off injured too! Realistically, the argument being thrown about regarding the defeat to Southampton is that because Arsenal's second string XI lost, the entire season is in jeopardy. I mean… come on! What a lot of nonsense! Remove emotion from the situation. Zoom out. Realise that Arsenal are 9 points clear in the Premier League with 7 games to play. City have a game in hand, sure, but that game in hand is against Chelsea away. Plus, Arsenal have to play first in the Premier League against Bournemouth at home, giving them the opportunity to extend the lead to 12 points with 6 games to go. Arsenal are also in the quarter finals of the Champions League against Sporting Lisbon. The weakest team left in the competition. If you said this was the situation to any Arsenal fan at the start of the season, they would have bitten your hand off for it, and rightly so. Plus, I don't buy into the notion that Arsenal are in bad form as they enter the business end of the season. What a whole load of contextless nonsense that is. City sprung a tactical surprise in the final. Arsenal will be better prepared for the league game. Plus, against Southampton, Arsenal played their second string XI. They are one off occurrences. The only legitimate concern Arsenal have at this point is their injury situation. The likes of Timber, Gabriel, Hincapié, Rice, Saka, and Trossard are key figures who Arsenal need to be fit and firing to see out the season. Plus, knowing the freakish nature of these guys, I don't expect them to miss too much football from here on out. They are almost all athletic freaks and mental giants. Outside of that, I couldn't be more calm and confident about the situation. Plus, on a personal level, last night revealed that my mission on this platform is far from complete. I still have so much work to do to educate the masses. So, so much work. I feel outnumbered in this moment, but I will not waver. I never have. Not since 2017. And I am not about to start now. Signing out, EBL.

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A British soldier served in Northern Ireland. Risked his life. Followed orders. Came home. He is now in his 70s. Keir Starmer’s Government has decided he deserves to spend his final years in court. The IRA got the Good Friday Agreement. The veterans got Keir Starmer. Remember that next time he talks about “values.”

I don’t know a single #Arsenal fan who said ‘we’re going to win the quadruple.’ Not one. And yet now we’re down to 2 targets the media, and some of our own supporters it must be said - claim the fanbase is deluded. Weird world. #COYG

@DavidHUDDART1 @ArsenalNews_Hub And what have your team achieved this year? Yet you still support them. Thats exactly what we are doing. Real fans are there for life win or lose. You want a club that’s bought their way out of 115 charges to win the title? I don’t think you do really.

@ArsenalNews_Hub @19_Micky_48 Think City will pip them to title. They have lost the plot .

🚨🎙️ | Viktor Gyökeres: 🗣️ “Honestly, I don’t have many words — especially for the fans who expect the very best from us. 🗣️ I just have one request: don’t abandon us in moments like this. We need you now more than ever. 🗣️ Together… we will lift silverware this season .” 🔴⚪️🔥