

Colin Botfield
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Tinker Tailor Accountant Sailor. Personal View. RT not endorsed.










Two candidates already in some trouble it seems… x.com/thecourieruk/s… x.com/kieranpandrews…


Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson says we can't have "double standards" with the international rule of law. She compares the criticism of Putin invading Ukraine with the U.S. and Israel's strike on Iran, which she says very few countries have spoken explicitly about it.



Exclusive: Ministers could push back major shipbuilding programmes and other projects to make £10 billion worth of savings in the Ministry of Defence thetimes.com/article/98990d…





'This would double the risk to the West.' Defence Secretary under Tony Blair, Geoff Hoon, says that sending a British warship to the Strait of Hormuz would leave it as a 'sitting duck'.

The Government have already spent £3.1bn on the relocation schemes and expect to spend a total of £5.7bn by 2032-33. By the time this scheme is finished, it works out to around £120,000~ per Afghan relocated to the UK.


"This is an example of how defence has run down." Iran can disrupt shipping in the Strait of Hormuz while Britain’s ability to respond has been "run down" by years of defence cuts that have left serious gaps in military capability, says former cabinet secretary @MarkSedwill.



