Terry Tume

@BladeoftheS Then you do what Norway did, you go in partnership and create an admirals / sovereign fund.

Even if every single drop of oil and every puff of gas was extracted from the North Sea oil fields it wouldn't lower energy prices in the UK by one penny. Because it is 100% privatised and owned by foreign billionaires who will sell it to whoever pays the most.

@skisidjames Unfortunately we don’t have any

Donald Trump has demanded that Britain send ships to the Strait of Hormuz, calling for a global flotilla to force open the vital shipping lane. The real question: why hasn’t the UK deployed a carrier group — as France already has? telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…

@HakunaMatata26C @RachelReeveMP And then we have the pleasure of paying vat on a tax lol

Here she is @RachelReeveMP talking to petrol bosses. Look at their faces... I would love to know what they're thinking. "We must work together" she says. Maybe she should lower the rate of fuel tax. We're paying 57% of every pound!

@ShippingButters @DrChrisParry Ha ha, love a phalanx

@TerryTume @DrChrisParry Have you not seen how the Batch 3 P2000s were armed when I was driving one in Cyprus, 20yrs ago?! #UOR

But with seriously armed warships not cabin cruisers.

@NavyLookout @HMSDragon Lack of personal is not an issue in a true crisis. I would lay money if asked many veterans would fill billets requested by the MOD. The biggest issue is, they haven’t a clue who is out there willing

The time taken to prepare @HMSDragon for an operational deployment is not the issue. The real scandal is the RN’s overall lack of ships, historic issues with the Type 45 destroyers and wider decline driven by lack of people, support infrastructure and spares. navylookout.com/hms-dragon-sai…

@tempest_books Which could get to 50k feet quickest

Does anyone here prefer the Tornado?

@mpwarwick @afneil Surely a captain is the equivalent of a director?

@afneil Because an organisation of 30,000 people needs people of Director level, given the various responsibilities for people and money across a host of areas? It's not the 1600s, it's not 1 admiral per fleet anymore.

So with a surface fleet of only 15 — most of which are in various stages of maintenance — why does the Royal Navy still have 40 ‘core’ Admirals (Rear Admiral and above)? Almost three per ship seems a bit excessive since each ship presumably has a Captain …

@SandyofSuffolk He’s made Labour unelectable for a decade just as Nick Clegg did for the Lib Dem’s

Can anyone name one thing, just one good thing, Keir Starmer has done for Great Britain or the British people?

@MarkOrmrod @X Here

Where are all my fellow #veterans on @X

@URNUNorthumbria @PoppyLegion BZ URNU Northumbria

Friday 13th March Northumbria URNU Cadets will be dispensing with with beds and shelter to take part in the Great Tommy Sleep Out. If you can spare any loose charge we would be eternally grateful. justgiving.com/fundraising/da… #Greattommysleepout @PoppyLegion

@airmainengineer Concept testing

Here’s something I’ve never seen before 41 Squadron Typhoon taking off from the RAF Coningsby taxiway 🇬🇧 📸 turnnburnaviation

@GBNEWS It’s not impossible if the Royal Navy was ordered and given a clear set of rules of engagement that none shall pass. Then it would happen.

'Stopping the migrants through the Royal Navy is operationally impossible.' 'Operationally impossible? What are you, some kind of Rear Admiral?' Kelvin McKenzie and Cai Wilshaw discuss whether the Royal Navy should be deployed to stop Channel migrant crossings.

@NavyLookout Didn’t the Tiffs normally do this in the workshops back in the 80’s & 90’s

RN introduces 'Round Again Coxswain' project to repair & reuse or recycle huge backlog of spares and assets in storage. Warehouse in Portsmouth alone houses approx 84,000 items deemed repairable – with a collective value of c£200m.

@EdwardJDavey I love the way you liberals have no problem throwing our armed forces into the thray

The UK should offer to send troops to Greenland as part of a joint NATO operation under Danish and UK command. If Trump is serious about security, he'd agree to participate and drop his outrageous threats. Tearing the NATO alliance apart would only play into the hands of Putin.

@trussliz We know who the protagonists were, they were gutted you beat Rishi but to be honest the Downing Street Cat would have beaten him. As we knew the coup started with sajid.

“The evidence is clear. The market crisis in 2022 was caused by the Bank of England. And the flames were fanned by people in the Conservative Party and the mainstream media who wanted me out of office. They continue to repeat this false narrative to this day. And I think it's a huge problem for our country. We can't have an honest discussion about the institutional failure that's happened in Britain and the results which have led us to stagnation and national decline. So my message to the authors of The Coup of ’22 is you're on borrowed time. The truth will out.”

@AlamQamar4493 Ha ha it’s the Crystal Palace tower lol

Burj Khalifa visible from London 😳 How is this possible? Good AQI or illusion?

@antmiddleton @UKLabour You couldn’t enter The Roman senate until you had served a 5 year term in the legions. Would be a good idea for parliament

I should conduct a basic level entry course for all MPs! I wonder how many would last… @UKLabour ZERO! 👌🏼 (actually one would) #AC 😉

@1adrianlogan @pinstripedline He’s the first 1SL from outside the warfare branch

@pinstripedline Am I the only one who sees the irony of the First Sea Lord, the Head of the Navy and I suspect the first RM to hold that post, commenting on a poor promotion system

This week the 1st Sea Lord raised difficult questions about toxic leadership in the Royal Navy. I agree with him - for too long, poor RN personnel have been promoted due to a broken system that too often rewards the wrong people for the wrong reasons. Quick thread...