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@MrMajeeka

ATCO in Welsh airspace. Views are mine and not my employers.

Katılım Şubat 2022
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Del Knight
Del Knight@MrMajeeka·
Superb performance first half by Jack Bonham, 2nd half, everyone of em. #bwfc
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Sari Arho Havrén
Sari Arho Havrén@SariArhoHavren·
It is interesting how NATO's possible collapse is presented as solely Europe's problem, thereby justifying American pressure and threats on allies. In reality, a breakdown of NATO, an alliance of 32 members, would be a major strategic loss for the United States. The damage would not be limited to losing allies in Europe; as NATO gives Washington a large, institutionalised bloc of advanced economies and militaries that amplifies US power. If that structure unravelled, the US would lose a force multiplier at least across five main dimensions and would face : 1) harder military problems: The US would lose military access (the current situation with Spain, Italy and Poland gives a taste of what that would be like), and would lose interoperability and command advantages 2) higher budgetary burdens over time: removing the alliance architecture would force Washington to compensate for lost allied capability and lost access; allies would, in time, buy weapons from elsewhere; (it would be cheaper to repair the current rupture) 3) reduced geopolitical influence: US global credibility would be damaged far beyond Europe 4) greater economic exposure to European instability 5) weaker global deterrence against revisionist powers, which would not make the US homeland any safer The overall strategic impact would be severe, making the US considerably weaker diplomatically.
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Del Knight
Del Knight@MrMajeeka·
@0hour1 Everyone in Vietnam would be speaking English had it not been for Ho Chi Minh.
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0HOUR1@0hour1·
Everyone in the UK would be speaking German if not for the United States.
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Louis Nyffenegger
DO NOT JAVASCRIPT TODAY. I REPEAT: DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, JAVASCRIPT TODAY.
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Stan Collymore
Stan Collymore@StanCollymore·
England supporters, your in depth, insightful and erudite full time appraisal of England 1 Uruguay 1, please. 👇🏽
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Del Knight
Del Knight@MrMajeeka·
Lee Dixon back pedalling on that penalty. Absolute nailed on.
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Del Knight
Del Knight@MrMajeeka·
@Keg767 Do we get a cut of the bonus when we give a decent shortcut?
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Someone Stole My Callsign
Someone Stole My Callsign@CallsignTaken·
@MrMajeeka @SkyNews No, I need water. It's a fundamental human right. Vets, they're not. At least I don't remember seeing them on the ECHR I was reading last week.
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Sky News
Sky News@SkyNews·
BREAKING: A price cap will be placed on pet prescriptions, the Competition and Markets Authority has announced Pet owners will pay a maximum of £21 for their first prescription and £12.50 for any other medicines 🔗 Read more trib.al/ooH4b0E
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Del Knight
Del Knight@MrMajeeka·
@CallsignTaken @SkyNews Owning a pet comes with responsibility, agreed. But this is about fair pricing where there’s no alternative. You can’t wait or shop around in emergencies. You called out Southern Water for unfair costs, but now it’s “just pay it.” Same issue, different industry.
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Del Knight
Del Knight@MrMajeeka·
@CallsignTaken @SkyNews You're talking about paying for convenience and not waiting for the free alternative. Animals don't have this luxury. They know what people will do and pay for the animals they love.
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Someone Stole My Callsign@CallsignTaken·
@SkyNews For those complaining about pricing, I'll ask you this. Have you ever paid for private medical intervention? Because it's considerably more than a vet. X-Rays can hit £250. £100 for a 5 minute private GP appointment.
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Del Knight
Del Knight@MrMajeeka·
@Travel_Up Bit of a disgrace. 3 weeks and not one reply? Are your lot typing with one finger? Gonna have to be some mega discounts in future to even get us to look.
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Ejder Memis
Ejder Memis@_sHx_·
@shanaka86 It is only one submarine, carrying 30 or so Tomahawks, which is about one-tenth of all Tomahawks fired in the war so far. So much exaggeration for such tiny firepower. UK involvement is symbolic at best.
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Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡
Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡@shanaka86·
BREAKING. The country President Trump called “very late as usual” just parked a nuclear submarine within Tomahawk range of Iran. HMS Anson, an Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, is now positioned in the northern Arabian Sea with cruise missiles capable of reaching targets deep inside Iranian territory. Britain did not announce this with a press conference. The Daily Mail published the positioning. The submarine speaks for itself. HMS Anson left Perth earlier this month and traveled 5,500 miles to the Arabian Sea. It carries Tomahawk Block IV cruise missiles and Spearfish heavyweight torpedoes. Its Rolls-Royce reactor will not need refuelling for 25 years. Its pump-jet propulsor makes it one of the quietest submarines in any navy. It does not need to surface to strike. It does not need permission from Washington. Starmer authorises launches through Permanent Joint Headquarters at Northwood. This is a British weapon under British command. The sequence matters. On the first day of the war, Iran fired two intermediate-range ballistic missiles at Diego Garcia, a British territory in the Indian Ocean. Neither hit. Trump publicly criticised the UK as “very late” and “disappointing” in its response. Starmer initially hesitated on US requests to use British bases for strike operations. Then Britain authorised the use of UK bases, including Diego Garcia, for operations to prevent Iran from attacking ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran responded by warning that British lives are now at risk. Britain responded by sending a submarine that can put a Tomahawk through a window in Tehran from underwater without surfacing. The escalation ladder from “very late” to nuclear attack submarine took less than three weeks. Starmer’s calculation is not ideological. It is economic. The UK imports significant quantities of LNG and oil through Gulf supply routes. The Strait of Hormuz carries approximately 20 percent of global seaborne oil trade. British energy prices are already surging from the Hormuz closure. British pharmaceutical supply chains depend on Indian manufacturers who depend on Gulf crude. The same supply-chain vulnerability that connects Modi’s Nowruz phone call to Ohio pharmacies connects Starmer’s submarine deployment to British gas bills. The submarine is not defending democracy. It is defending heating costs. The Astute-class is the most capable attack submarine Britain has ever built. Seven are planned. Five have been commissioned. HMS Anson, the fifth, entered service in 2022. At 97 metres and 7,800 tonnes submerged, it carries a crew of 98 in a hull designed to operate at depths exceeding 300 metres. It is smaller than the American Virginia-class but rated quieter by multiple independent assessments. It carries fewer missiles but needs fewer sailors. In a strait where stealth matters more than volume, the boat that cannot be heard is more dangerous than the fleet that can be seen. The UK is now the third nation with strike capability deployed in the war theatre, after the United States and Israel. France has the Charles de Gaulle carrier group for air operations. Greece has a Patriot battery defending Saudi refineries. Twenty-three nations signed a statement. But only Britain has put a nuclear-powered platform carrying land-attack cruise missiles underwater in the Arabian Sea with the authority to fire them on the Prime Minister’s order. Trump said late. Starmer sent a submarine. The missile it carries can reach Tehran. The reactor that powers it will not need fuel until 2047. And the man who authorises the launch is the same man Iran threatened by name when it said British lives are at risk. The threat was noted. The submarine arrived. Full analysis: open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…
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Del Knight
Del Knight@MrMajeeka·
@OfficialBWFC First one out the door in summer. Should've been replaced along with Forino and Johnston. Legacy Evatt issues rearing their heads at a similar time.
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Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers@OfficialBWFC·
🎙️ Eoin Toal spoke to Wanderers TV after today's game. #bwfc
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Del Knight
Del Knight@MrMajeeka·
@OfficialBWFC @officialcarmats Schumacher out thinking himself. Absolute disgusting performance from a team that is trying to get promoted. Toal, Johnston, Forino. Like watching the Titanic turn when teams attack.
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