BritishMilitaryRamblings

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@campbellclaret Alastair Campbell would never lie about WMDs to start a war in the Middle East, of course.

He lies so often he doesn’t know the difference any more.

@Eucharia_Trips @dpmont0407 @brownliberite Right to vote in UK elections without citizenship or ILR.

@dpmont0407 @brownliberite Co-asking? To rephrase, of what benefits is commonwealth to any of these countries? Who truly is getting “commonwealth benefits?”

Unpopular opinion but if the King ain’t yo head of state you can’t have Commonwealth benefits

@BearJFK It’s impressive how shooting someone trying to kill you, or swearing at a knife wielding child, or not being suitably experienced at dealing with suicide bombings are grounds for investigation but completely overlooking massive paedo rings for vaguely sectarian reasons isn’t.

And they get away with it again. Like with every institution of state, the defining feature is zero accountability.

@And_McGl Clearly after some Belfast seats

The Liberals going back to their earlier Whiggery of men wearing orange with pipes and drums.

@OBEhizele Two protests of all of the biggest wrong ins in the country, two derbies and four other football matches in London today.

Are there two "opposing" protests taking place? Is this narrative? I haven't been following of all this, thanks.

@Abhinav1881331 @dabitch @heterodoxan @SarahTheHaider It’s impossible too, it’s ingrained and pretty much impossible to move between classes properly. Within a few sentences most British people can determine exactly where each other stand in society and judge accordingly- with social climbers generally distrusted universally

@dabitch @heterodoxan @SarahTheHaider Would you be opposed to elaborating this class sorting thing further? Apologies but I'm a bit curious.

My last note on this (and then I may mute because I'm failing to garner the discussion I want): I am baffled by the lack of male response to the sexual predation of women/girls in the UK precisely because it is impossible for me to imagine it would happen in the US. 1

@BearJFK @Zaphod2042 Ocean, Albion and two Bay group would genuinely be a world-leading amphibious capability, matched only by the USMC - it’s a shame we lost it all.

@Zaphod2042 I’ve been meaning to produce a graphic showing a What if? fantasy fleet of the RN if post 1998 plans fully came to fruition. Will include, among others: 2x QEs 2x Oceans (originally two) 2x Albions 4x Bays 12x T45s …. Insane climbdown

From the world's second most capable amphibious fleet.... To a modestly listed logistics landing ship, with a fabric tent for helicopters. All in the space of a decade. Incredible. Truly.

@BearJFK I do like how he complains about the right creating divisions while his sole source of income seems to be sowing resentment in Godd Morning Britain for the last 15 years.

This guy’s career is literally to be paid to shit stir. Many such cases.

England's politics are becoming like Northern Ireland's. Flags signal which group is in the majority locally. Voters are expected to back "their" side. This is nothing to celebrate. Sectarian politics encourages, at best, complacency and corruption; at worst, civil strife.

@Gabriel64869839 Already at a quarter of a million pound before any modifications, god knows how much once the Army get their mitts on it.

GM Defense has shipped to the UK a first lot of Infantry Squad Vehicles so NP Aerospace can work on them to turn them into their joint, proposed solution for the British Army LMV requirement.

@AscendedYield I can’t wait for Farage to make the most of this (he won’t, because he’s a wet wipe) and then get himself nicked.

Calling to slit the throat of your political opponents is lawful speech and doesn’t encourage violent disorder

@BO3673 @MCRReiners @felix_sears Racist jury is the only possible explanation, other than some deep state shit.

@MCRReiners @felix_sears Perhaps I’m stupid but they were both prosecuted by the state. One pleaded guilty the other didn’t and had a jury trial. Was the jury bent? Was the trial unfair?

On Connolly / Jones comparisons & the asymmetric application of law in England & Wales It should be stated that Connolly, after being arrested for her tweet, was advised to plead guilty under the threat of potentially being remanded in custody until trial. In all likelihood, it is unlikely she would not have been denied bail on any ground, or that a jury would have convicted her had she plead not guilty. Furthermore, the @attorneygeneral (Richard Hermer KC) signed off explicitly on Connolly’s prosecution under s.19 Public Order Act (1986), as is required for this rarely used section of the act. Mr Hermer, a personal friend of former CPS chief Kier Starmer, of course had no intention of doing that. s.19 is used perhaps once per year. Last summer it was used at least 15 times, that were reported. Further context on the chap (right), Ricky Jones, who suggested slitting throats, on camera, with a loudhailer, in front of a crowd. He was a sitting labour councillor at the time of this. In contrast, he plead not guilty, was not remanded in custody, and was acquitted in 30 mins by a jury. He was tried under s.2(1) POA, for encouraging violent disorder - which, as with Connolly, did not materialise as a result of his words. For s.19 however, that doesn’t matter. Our legal system, many of its grandees and our prime minister are part of a Blairite rump of lawyers, content to oversee the asymmetric application of law in Britain. They will squirm endlessly to say this is not so, on technicalities, but the appearance is crystal clear. In group out-group preference in which the British people are no longer the client.

@Thinningontop @benhoobs No, that’s the stupid ones who didn’t invest in a pension, 1/4 of pensioners are millionaires.

@benhoobs Do you mean the ones on around £12k pa, among the lowest pensions in Europe?

The only conclusions are that a) the authorities hate the British people and will do anything they can to get their riot, so desperately wanted, or b) the jury are all minorities who’ll back one of their own. A great success for Britain either way.

@BearJFK It’s the ones who don’t you should be concerned about.

If war comes, and general mobilisation is enacted, how many will flee to Pakistan?

@StarkNakedBrief Socialist Worker Party front supporting rapists? I never.

@proggressrx @AscendedYield Have you not noticed the shitty security theatre, the broken barriers, the security boxes on cheese, staff with body cams and bouncer in a stab vest?

@BMR_Blogs @AscendedYield I do. It’s fine.

Has this guy said anything political? I just see him eating Why are people so mad?

@jamespriceglos A man who served in the government which oversaw the early decommissioning of 19 surface combatants, the sole aircraft carrier, the whole Harrier fleet, 40% of MBTs, 7000 soldiers, 35% of SP artillery, and the closure of the British foothold on the European continent. Chancer.

More than twice as many fighting age men have crossed over the Channel in small boats since 2018 as there are regular members of the British army, but an MP with zero military experience thinks Britain should send troops into war against Russia. We are led by those who hate us and think we are stupid.

@bencsmoke ‘We should import people to stab our elected officials because evil Tory bastards’

cannot believe you were not given a warm welcome by a group of people you have spent your entire political career demonising, denigrating and attacking

@proggressrx @AscendedYield A visit to Tesco would support that thesis.

@AscendedYield Yup. He wrote a massive paragraph about a month ago where he was doing the typical right wing grift about how much London has changed. he thinks London was safer 10-15 years ago compared to today.