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Playing around with a borrowed lens at the Herne Bay Airshow, always great to see The Reds...

“I’ll be all over the Farage £5 million donor story as soon as I’ve finished investigating allegations that Starmer owes a mate 22p for a Mars bar he bought him in 1987.”

I know there is a lot of news around but can someone at the Beeb explain to me how a man they keep telling us might be the next PM getting an undisclosed donation of FIVE MILLION POUNDS from a Thai based crypto dealer (with a BS explanation about it being for lifelong security) is not even a news story when the man he wants to replace led the news for days over some glasses and Arsenal tickets?

@almurray @Tonisenior Al, I have only the utmost respect for everything you do, but please please please never use that word again. You’re British. It’s Int. nothing more. Anything else is disgustingly colonial. 🫡

.@Tonisenior's book about the Cambridge Spies is so good: the extent to which the Sovs penetrated the British and US establishments is staggering. It's making me wonder if some of the national pride in Bletchley etc is a subconscious effort to credit ourselves with a good intel war when we had been disastrously turned over.

The King did what he had to do in his speech in Congress. But even though the next US president will no doubt work hard to rebuild relationships with NATO, no British, Canadian or European government will forget what Donald Trump has done and said. It can always happen again.

@TheBlackLancer @UKLabour You’re an absolute screamer mate.

@UKLabour I would rather hollow out my kneecaps with a teapsoon...

Choose Labour on 7 May for a party that gives you stronger rights at work, money off energy bills, and lower NHS waiting lists.

@PhilipIngMBE @JohnHealey_MP What absolute wankwaffle is this??

One for our defence chiefs @JohnHealey_MP PRESS RELEASE I [Insert Rank, Title, Name, Gongs] (delete as appropriate) [CDS / VCDS/ 1st Sea Lord / CGS/ CAS/ C Cy SO Com / CDP / Other] can no longer remain silent and pretend I can do my job to help keep this country safe in the face of a lack of proper funding, erosion of the moral component of fighting power through lawfare, instigated by the Attorney General and backed by our PM, misinterpretation of facts by political masters and constant pressure not to rock the boat. When it is easier to order the launch of a missile (if we had any) than send a tweet, our political leadership is broken. I must therefore resign with immediate effect so I can highlight the dire straight our military is in. We can no longer defend the UK or British interests. I am stepping aside for family reasons and to finish my book with a current working title of ‘Moral Fibre’ Yours etc

@PhilipIngMBE @Liam_Holman99 What do you mean exactly by ‘you ran vetting’? Did you work at UKSV or PerSyArmy?

@Liam_Holman99 What complete bollocks - he is lying to the country - I ran vetting - there is no way he wouldnt have known !!

Starmer did not lie. He was lied to.

With Orbán gone, NATO and the EU have lost a Putin-influenced brake on their decision-making. It’s another blow to Russia—and a disappointment to Trump and Vance, who failed to influence the vote.

What fantastic news from Hungary. Proof that if you stand up to it right wing kleptocratic populist authoritarianism can be beaten. Orban will now flee somewhere with his wealth. But this is more than a bad night for him. It is a bad night for Putin who as in Moldova spent a fortune trying to rig it. It is a bad night for Trump. It is a bad night for Vance and Rubio who believed that their mere presence in Budapest would swing the vote Orban’s way. They helped Magyar! . It is a bad night for Farage the AfD and Le Pen because it shows that when their brand of politics is exposed to serious opposition and scrutiny it collapses. Magyar is far from the perfect leader but my God he deserves all the congratulations coming his way for ousting Orban and showing how it can be done. He now has the tough job of dismantling the corrupt systems and bodies installed over 16 years. The people of Hungary deserve our thanks for showing these people can be beaten. And Zelensky now deserves far greater support from Europe.

@AndyAitcheson The modern terminology is ‘geezer’

Troopers, not this ridiculous word “operators”

JD Vance has accused European countries of 'interfering in the Hungarian election',  after he travelled to Hungary to interfere in the election

5D ♟️ Chess: Trump’s “victory timeline” claims. Mar 3: "We won the war." Mar 7: "We defeated Iran." Mar 9: "We must attack Iran." Mar 9: "The war is ending almost completely, and very beautifully. March 10: practically nothing left to target Mar 11: “You never like to say too ⁠early you won. We won. In ​the first hour it was over.” Mar 12: "We did win, but we haven't won completely yet." Mar 13: "We won the war." Mar 14: "Please help us." Mar 15: "If you don't help us, I will certainly remember it." Mar 16: "Actually, we don't need any help at all." Mar 16: "I was just testing to see who's listening to me." Mar 16: "If NATO doesn't help, they will suffer something very bad." Mar 17: "We neither need nor want NATO's help." Mar 17: "I don't need Congressional approval to withdraw from NATO." Mar 18: "Our allies must cooperate in reopening the Strait of Hormuz." Mar 19: "US allies need to get a grip - step up and help open the Strait of Hormuz." Mar 20: "NATO are cowards." Mar 21: "The Strait of Hormuz must be protected by the countries that use it. We don't use it, we don't need to open it." Mar 22: "This is the last time. I will give Iran 48 hours. Open the strait" Mar 22: "Iran is Dead" Mar 23: "We had very good and productive talks with Iran." Mar 24: "We’re making progress." Mar 25: “They gave us a present and the present arrived today. And it was a very big present worth a tremendous amount of money. I’m not going to tell you what that present is, but it was a very significant prize.” Mar 26: "Make a deal, or we’ll just keep blowing them away." Mar 27: "We don’t have to be there for NATO." Mar 28: No major quote Mar 29: Claimed talks were progressing Mar 30: "Open the Strait of Hormuz immediately, or face devastating consequences." Mar 31: Claimed a deal was "very close" and that Iran would "do the right thing" Apr 1: "We’ll see what happens very soon." Apr 2: Repeated that a deal was likely, while warning of continued strikes if not Apr 3: "Something big is going to happen." Apr 4: Said Iran must comply "immediately" or face further consequences. Apr 5: "Open the fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah." April 6 :a whole civilization will die April 7: total and complete victory April8: objectives were met

#HIGNFY on Trump's illegal attack on Iran Ian Hislop, "Trump literally thought the way to stop wars is to start them, and historically, that hasn't proved to be true" Armando Iannucci, "No" Ian Hislop, "He claimed that all of America's war aims have been fulfilled. It's impossible because they didn't have any" Armando Iannucci, "And he said that he didn't start it, they started it, and what he did was pre start it, because he knew they were going to start it" Ian Hislop, "And he is having negotiations with people who aren't imaginary" Armando Iannucci, "That's true" Ian Hislop, "Trump is not a fantasist who imagines that the voices in his head are the opposition in Iran negotiating. That's not his modus operandi" Paul Merton, "No because he's a malignant narcissist" Armando Iannucci, "He's the only person I know who negotiates with himself and comes out with a worse deal"

No U.S. President should be able to withdraw from NATO without Senate approval. Thankful my colleagues in Congress passed this bipartisan measure.

@PhilipIngMBE @gregbagwell @RAF_Regiment Calm down mate

@gregbagwell @RAF_Regiment J H F C Greg - do you ever live in the real world or stop pushing a Crab only agenda - FFS behave your former rank

After all the fuss being made about the Cyprus drone strike, there is a story here yet to be told about the UK’s burgeoning C-UAS (Counter UAS) capability. It has been forward deployed and its location is sensitive, but the emerging story is the @RAF_Regiment have been very busy.

@RedFiveModels @BDSlater1 One could say…what a ‘happy time’ to be alive….ill get my boat cloak…

@BDSlater1 So we should buy UBoats from the Germans, what a time to be alive 🤣

UK should buy some.

They were played

@RedFiveModels Watch it once a month, never gets old. Goddamn shame they never did a sequel. Would have been epic!

Balls to it. Let's give this a watch to take my mind from the shit spiral the world is in.

Remember that I predicted a long time ago that President Obama will attack Iran because of his inability to negotiate properly-not skilled!