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@BBCEssex Well done @StuLittle1972 great dedication and inspiring to so many.

Volunteer hailed for saving lives over 20 years bbc.in/3CVQ5rg

Chilly day in Capel Curig today with @OutreachRescue instructors trialling the NRS craft, lightweight, breathable SAR drysuit and PAB MP1pro helmets. Great feedback. Contact me for more information or demo.

@DunbarianOBE @oasis @liamgallagher Did they actually do a sound check? Did his monitor give up?

Another demo of the NRS SAR dry suit and pfd today. Perfectly matched with a PAB MP1 pro multi discipline helmet. Outstanding positive feedback on fit, comfort and performance. Contact @VimpexMartin or myself for more details.

@DunbarianOBE have you seen the football results? I think someone fans are feeling blue 🤣 Englands number 1 too lol

@DunbarianOBE @bigphil321 Bungalow!!! 14 of us lived in a shoe box!

My childhood right there 🤪🤪🤪 Throwing/dropping these out of windows hoping for super flights and actually getting a pure vertical drop to the deck 😂😂😂

We're only one month away from the @emergencyukshow in Birmingham. If you're attending, make sure to come by the @vimpexltd stands to see @firstlook360 in action. See you soon. #emergencyuk #ESS2024 #vimpex #USAR #urbansearchandrescue #searchandrescuecamera #searchcam #FL360

Are you a water rescue technician? Finding your drysuit uncomfortable? We have gender specific suits which include a drop seat comfort zip and a more tailored fit. Contact myself or @VimpexMartin . @WFSUK1 @NARU_org @FireResilience @NFCC_FireChiefs @VimpexLtd @PoliceChiefs

@DunbarianOBE Dessert for breakfast??

A really great show!! It's like a younger, more northern, Tommy Vance is back on the airwaves!!

@DunbarianOBE @JohnnyMercerUK Hes one of the good Ian...done a lot for Vets .

As the smoke clears on the events of this week, I just wanted to say a huge thank you to everybody who has supported me over the last ten years. Becoming a public figure has never been natural for me. I had a cause that wouldn’t release its grip, that burnt itself deep into my soul as a young man. I had to become somebody in order to fight politically for those of my generation who desperately needed it after a war in Afghanistan which casts shadows to this day. I am proud of what we have done. We have dragged veterans affairs in the United Kingdom from a sympathy driven, charity led, well intended but often fatally competitive and disorganised effort, into a more professional, collaborative, veteran focussed Government supported system, which I know – because I have the letters – saves and changes the lives of those special souls who have sacrificed for the Nation, precisely who I came into public life to help. To those who feel I didn’t do enough, yes – I focussed on some areas more than others. Veterans’ rights, mental healthcare, rough sleeping, prosthetics and of course protecting Northern Ireland veterans. I was unsuccessful in some areas too – some issues remained outside my control, like Vets UK and compensation. I wear all the criticism. I did my best and often felt broken myself in the process. I am comfortable I could not have done more in the time and political space that I had. The opportunity for others to step up is always there. I felt enormous imposter syndrome daily, but always thought I owed it to those who never made it back from those Afghanistan years, and those for whom life had become a daily struggle, to press ahead - whatever the cost. Those of us who survived unscarred are lucky – nothing more; I thought that every day I went to work. I do want veterans to remember that we are not victims. We are privileged – we enjoy that “flavour of life because we have fought for it, that the protected shall never know”. It is a privilege to try and emulate our predecessors from battlefields past, but it ultimately is not an entitlement, and veterans must not become too hard to help. You will note already that, despite his explicit personal promises in the election campaign, Keir Starmer has not appointed a veterans minister to his Cabinet. If you understand what Veterans need from their Government, this matters very much. The step change in programmes like Op FORTITUDE, Op COURAGE, Op RESTORE, Op NOVA, Op PROSPER and all the others, were because I had that cross-Government capability and position – outside of the MoD. Those now in power, paraded around by Starmer for their various military experiences, must mark themselves on how they too now actually change the lives of those who need them in the serving and veteran community. I have fought hard for Plymouth, a City that has shaped me since I was a teenager and will always be my ‘home port’. I thank everybody who came out to vote for me last week, sincerely and deeply. I know in the current climate how hard that was. I am so proud of my office team, and my campaign team for their unstinting loyalty and commitment to Plymouth. Finally I must thank my wife, Felicity. She is the rock upon which I am built. Both during my time in the military, and subsequently in public life, she has sought to protect me always, and has the scars to prove it. As the saying goes, we are of course “bloodied, but unbowed”. See you soon. Johnny.

New @Paratech_Inc G3 airbags. Damage control system for shipping. @VimpexMartin #rescue

Absolute raker system means no timber bracing, no nail patterns 😉 Quick, simple, reliable.

Paratech training in Lisbon. Daisy chaining airbags which only Paratech can do. Four bags, one controller. Shoring…tried, tested, proven. High strength structural kit .. 120 ton column. @VimpexLtd @VimpexMartin @VimpexKev for more information and demo

@DunbarianOBE @iantheCROAT Rush

Who is your all time favourite 3 piece band?

@StuLittle1972 @EssexPoliceUK @BJH251 @Hirst4EssexPFCC Theft from van in Southend mate...57k value. CCTV footage supplied, multiple anpr cameras on exit route. Nothing.

Rather disappointed in @EssexPoliceUK. Attempted thief of son’s Ford Ranger early Monday morning. He reported online and not even a call to arrange cctv. @BJH251 @Hirst4EssexPFCC thoughts ??

@DunbarianOBE Oh my..now there's an unfortunate memory from the past. Awful band. Led Zep are just so good, from JPJ bass lines, JB iconic drumming to RP vocals and lyrics. I do agree that Pages guitar aren't as good as they are made out to be. But classic album tracks abound , try again mate

Me: Aerosmith You?

Eid Mubarak to all celebrating today.