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@DNA_Is_Cancer @Empireaesth Perhaps if someone in the United States Government had taken a bit more of an interest in the history of Iran and the Middle East we wouldn't be in the mess we are today. History can be important in understanding the modern world. But each to their own.

@Empireaesth I cannot see why anyone should care about this irrelevant ancient history.

British and Commonwealth show of strength in the South China Sea. HMS Eagle, HMS Bulwark, HMAS Melbourne and HMS Victorious in a naval patrol off the coast of Malaysia (3 March 1965)

@thisistheevan @MarioNawfal The Ford may end up having worse depreciation in value than an EV.

@MarioNawfal If it was a military strike, the response from the US would confirm it as such with a massive retaliation. That carrier is worth $13.3 billion.

🚨 BREAKING: The USS Ford is now leaving combat after a a major fire broke out last week injuring ~200 sailors and knocking out about out ~100 bunsleeping quarters. It took 30 hours to fully control the blaze Iran claim they struck the aircraft carrier. The U.S. states damage is non-combat related Not sure what to believe anymore

@canthony104 @archivetvmus71 It's another children's TV programme that's been deep sixed due to woke political correctness. It apparently promoted racism and negative stereotypes of Chinese people.

@archivetvmus71 I loved Hong Kong Phooey, wish they'd bring him back along with Popeye

On this day in 1975, the first episode of Hong Kong Phooey aired in the UK.

@Michalis_Vlahos @mherlihy0816 @RDPHistory The sad thing is that the order for HMS Invincible was actually placed in 1973 by the Conservative Government of Edward Heath. By that time former Defence Secretary Denis Healey had been out of office for 3 years. The Conservatives had ample opportunity to make design changes.

As @XT7412 so condignly reminds, it was an absolutely terrible design — constrained as it was by anti-Navy Labour. Because of the gas turbine trunking, its original hanger was shaped like a barbel, and its flight deck space was throttled. Some of this was ultimately corrected, Thank the Lord. I was in the CIA when I saw the plans in 1977. I was shocked. What was amazing was that RN leadership was able to get the ship built at all. According to lore, Healey was shown an image of the proposed "Command Cruiser" in profile, so he had no idea that there would be a full flight deck. Such a disgraceful Commie! Thank God he could be duped!

A great top-down scale comparison of the Falklands Task Force ships ❤️

@mherlihy0816 @RDPHistory The design was a horrible political compromise which somewhat limited the ships capability. The cruiser bow (in order for it to be a through deck cruiser) limited flight deck space and the lack of side lifts limited hanger space. The central scissor lifts could be problamatic.

@RDPHistory The design of the Invincible was amazing.

@Josedatrigos @RDPHistory @SemSuchar @mik61scot Its a completely landlocked tiny country with a navy almost as powerful as Britain's 😂😂

@RDPHistory @SemSuchar @mik61scot The most powerful Czech naval unit, intended to guard the borders of a landlocked nation.

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has decided to dispatch the Czech cruiser 'Krteček' to the Persian Gulf, making the Czech Republic the sole EU nation to join the US-led coalition. 💪🇨🇿🇺🇸

@BrianWillmot @mohammedakunjee Excellent I feel very sorry for that poor man he was treated appallingly. Now about that evidence?

@XT7412 @mohammedakunjee Faceless entity still talking crap. Blatant lies. Run along. (ps I hand delivered a dossier to Mike Veale in 2017.)

The Epstein files transatlantic cousin

@BrianWillmot @mohammedakunjee The full report with all the important evidence has been withheld for 76 years. There was a great deal of fuss about this by the victims lawyers at the time of it's release. If the full evidence had been known Heath would have been arrested. Come on tell us all your evidence 😂

@XT7412 @mohammedakunjee You are talking crap. This 109pp document is important and clearly shows Heath would have been interviewed relating to sex crimes with children. The redactions relate to victim's names etc. Run along. Unlike you speculating, I know about this. 👈

@BrianWillmot @mohammedakunjee That's only the summary report published to fob off the public. The real actual full report has been deep sixed and locked away for 76 years. I wonder why 🤔

@mohammedakunjee Just to correct for context = WILTSHIRE POLICE - Chief Constable Mike Veale.

@Rich142539 @Neccccy @grok That Mirror front page is from 2014.

@Neccccy @grok what date was this mirror news paper cover

Even their own paper is against them !!!

@LucianoDiNapol5 @CharlotteEmmaUK Batting from the pavilion end.

@CharlotteEmmaUK If he played cricket, he would be batting for the other team...😉

Shocker! 🙄🥳

@StoriesTweet @Ibn_Ahmad_01 @tngadd That looks like Laura Loomer I never knew they were one and the same 😂 😂

@Ibn_Ahmad_01 @tngadd I think he’s still alive, disguised as a woman: this is done to fool Iranian missiles.

🚨According to my reliable sources, Benjamin Netanyahu actually died 7 days ago. The two subsequent public appearances on camera appear to be fabricated, likely using advanced deepfake technology. Israeli authorities are expected to attribute his death to natural causes and make an official announcement in the coming days to maintain stability. What is your opinion?

@disgustedvoters @theipaper @DCBMEP Not really it's been there right in the face for anyone who could be bothered to take an interest. Since the 'options for change' white paper in 1990 it's been cut, cut and cut again. 36 years of repeated budget cuts with two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It really wasn't hidden.

@theipaper @DCBMEP No, Britain (the British people) has been lied to about the state of the Navy for the last 30 years by successive Labour and Tory Governments. That’s why it’s time for Reform.

Britain has deluded itself about its navy – this war shows us how exposed we are trib.al/1Yi55g8

@SkiverMacIver @FXMC1957 His dementia couldn't have been that bad at the time of his resignation as he remained an MP until 1983. The reasons for his very sudden departure are still a bit of a mystery. Apparently he informed Jim Callaghan but Denis Healey only found out about it from the TV news.

@FXMC1957 His dementia was so severe that he was losing track of the sentence he was making A tragedy for probably the most intelligent PM of all time

16 March 1976. Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson, who turned 60 only 5 days earlier, stunned the political world by announcing his resignation citing unspecified “personal reasons”. He had been Labour leader since 1963 and PM from 1964 to 1970 and again since March 1974.

@weejohn1976 @JamesMelville The problem is that towards the end he was increasingly non functional. That said he came across as a very decent man far better than many of the other reptiles in the Liberal party.

@JamesMelville I always felt he was stitched up for his drink problem. So what if he was a functioning alcoholic, he was still one of the more decent politicians.

Back in 2003, Charles Kennedy, then leader of the Liberal Democrats stood against the US/UK war in Iraq. He initially faced intense vilification and ridicule for opposing the 2003 Iraq war, yet was later completely vindicated by the Chilcot Report. As the only major UK party leader opposing the invasion, he was heckled in Parliament, and The Sun called him a "spineless reptile" and a "snake" for his stance. But history now judges him well. We forget the lessons of history at our own peril.

@Landeur Britain couldn't even manufacture it's own face nappies during the Covid hoax so I think the prospect of it producing it's own nuclear missile might be a little over ambitious.

Ed Davey is an absolute melon, but yes we should do this, actually.

@ColinLocke73 @CheckCharlieB That is something of a historical what if. It's true the loan wasn't subsequently needed as interest rates fell but that only happened as a result of Britain being under strict IMF supervision. The IMF forced through some of the most draconian spending cuts in British history.

@CheckCharlieB Only half of it was ever used . It was never needed . Tories were to blame.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Labour’s 1976 IMF bailout. Labour forced Britain to seek an IMF bailout under James Callaghan. $3.9bn, the biggest IMF loan in history at the time. 2026 déjà vu.

@Rodsmith9000 @chatswithem @Telegraph @grok Russia sells crude oil to India who then refine it into diesel. This then officially becomes Indian oil (diesel) and they sell it to the UK with a nice markup. The UK then pretends it doesn't buy Russian oil.

@chatswithem @Telegraph @grok They are buying it indirectly

There are fears that the US's decision to lift sanctions until April 11 will help to salvage the Russian war economy, four years after its illegal invasion of Ukraine. Read more here ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…

@chdkidaizy @netanyahu Bibi has many fingers in lots of pies.

Omg! This thing has 6 fingers on its right hand 2 sec into the video! Why AI? Where is @netanyahu ?

Israel must have some hell of a blackmail on this one