Jamie B

@reformparty_uk Hi, I am not a local, but I do hope you win. 🥇 Good luck.

Make your voice heard for Robert Kenyon in the Makerfield by-election. 🇬🇧

@reformparty_uk I do hope you win, I do hope it shows the way for Reform to use local people to stand as potential MPs . 👍

Makerfield was Andy Burnham’s back up plan. For Robert Kenyon, it’s his home. This battle will be David Vs Goliath.

@juneslater17 @TRobinsonNewEra Well said June 🫡👍

I'll support who the hell I want to ! @TRobinsonNewEra

@nicholadrummond I wondered if sitting in storage in the US 🇺🇸 are them WW2 era quad mounted 50 calibre machine guns ? Would they not be an anti drone gun system. If you could team them up with a smart sight for spotting/ tracking drones .

The Gepard 35 mm air defence system was developed in the 1960s and fielded in the 1970s. It’s an analog system operating in a digital world. No matter. It is the ideal system for knocking down drones of all sizes. It continues to operate like clockwork. The designers got the calibre right. 35 mm is the perfect balance between lethality, effective range, and cost per kill. Developed by Porsche, the Leopard I chassis on which it sits is robust, dependable, and easy to maintain. In fact, Gepard is an object lesson for the designers of all military hardware: when you get it right, it lasts forever.

@DefenceHQ @RoyalAirForce It is a shame the RAF never operated a squadron or two, of the Hawk 200, these would have suited that aircraft perfectly. When looking for a low cost low overhead capability.

Unguided rocket + laser = low cost drone killer 💥 The Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) will be fitted to @royalairforce Typhoon fighter jets this May. The APKWS can destroy targets precisely and at a fraction of the price of missiles currently used.

@Telegraph But they are being used on a expensive aircraft, if the RAF had bought Hawk 200 it would have been a perfect fit.

🔴 Cheap new missiles designed to shoot down drones have been fitted to Britain’s fleet of RAF Typhoons and are now being used to protect the Middle East from Iranian air attacks Laser-guided Hydra rockets rushed into service to destroy Shahed drones 🔗 telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/1…

@AntiWokeMemes I will have nun of this 🤓

Be completely honest... What do you think about this?

@MarkOrmrod I think, we should start with a national police force, maybe just to support the local police force. Then if you do ok you can do one of the armed services. And if you do not comply, then your on litter picking / poo 💩 picking duty.

Should national service make a comeback?

@UKDefJournal It is a expensive jet to operate a inexpensive system, if the RAF had a number of Hawk 200s it would have been perfect.

The RAF has deployed a new anti-drone weapon over the Middle East, built by BAE Systems and tested at QinetiQ ranges, going from development to combat operations in under two months.

@nicholadrummond @zatzi You must also consider, that we had to pay to be a member, also look what has happened to fishing industry because we were a member.

Most independent evidence (OBR, NBER, LSE, etc.) suggests Brexit has made Britain poorer than it would otherwise have been had we remained in the EU single market. The core issue was never “leaving Europe,” but leaving the single market itself. That created major non-tariff trade barriers with our largest and closest trading partners, increasing costs, paperwork, delays, and regulatory complexity for exporters. Brexit did deliver legal sovereignty and some regulatory freedom in areas such as fintech, AI, procurement, and life sciences. But these gains have so far been modest and unevenly realised. In many sectors, UK firms must still comply with EU rules to sell into European markets, limiting the practical value of divergence. Claims that the UK is outperforming parts of the EU are also misleading. Much weaker European growth reflects separate issues such as energy costs, industrial decline, and Germany’s manufacturing slowdown, not Brexit success. Brexit has not been an unqualified disaster. But nor has it been an unqualified success. The uncomfortable truth is that its economic disadvantages appear, so far, to outweigh its practical gains.

Facts destroy the EU rejoiners’ fantasy. Well worth a listen.

@NormanBrennan Well facial recognition cameras would help, now he has been filmed.

BREAKING NEWS; In just 23secs someone’s pride & joy a £500 Plus Bike stolen in Broad daylight believed Waterloo; people brazenly walk by giving a cursory glance; Why? Listen to what the female commenting on this👇clip says🤷‍♂️ No Deterrent & No Consequences

@KarlTurnerMP Taking that this is in response to the recent elections.. And take it Reform do not mess up .. Are not Labour or the Tories looking who will be the official opposition.. I assume once you loose that title and the short money etc , it will be hard to come back .

Just left the Commons where speculation is rife that Nicola Murray MP might have the numbers! 🤦🏼‍♂️

@thinkdefence The question is who approved this in the first place ? Did they not do a trail order in the first place , for example one ship .

I'm going to go against the grain here and say this is an essential expense. A bit annoying that it got to here, and i get the criticism about priorities, but service personnel need to feel valued, else they will vote with their feet.

@MahyarTousi Is it possible, he knows he will loose, if he goes for an election now or in the future. So he goes for a general election when he knows he will end up as the official opposition. Taking it that Reform are favs to win . So Starmer beats Tories for short money and Qudos .

Keir is losing his liberal MPs faster than his commie MPs. That says a lot.

@RachelReevesMP Once you realise you have messed up ! Can you put it back to how you found it . Then we can all pretend this never happened.

These are tough election results for Labour and I’m sorry to all of those colleagues who have lost their seats. Keir Starmer won a mandate to change our country. We must get on with delivering that mandate - and show how politics can improve people’s lives for the better.

@JeremyVineOn5 If you have not paid in you can not claim, and there should be a qualifying period and a limit if you are capable of work but do not.

Should we stop immigrants from claiming benefits? Nearly 1.5 million immigrants received Universal Credit last year, according to new figures, prompting a major political row over welfare and immigration. Should access to benefits be tightened for immigrants?

@bayraktar_1love The Ukraine should look at the Rockwall OV10 Bronco, it had a rear cargo bay, so you can mount a rear facing gun, besides wing hard points for machine guns , plus they experimented with a turret cannon from the Cobra attack helicopter.

A staggering 213 kill marks painted on the fuselage of a Ukrainian modified ex-civilian An-28.

@Ed_Miliband Except it’s not cheap ! Just because he repeats it, does not make it true.

The cost of living is the number one issue families are facing at the moment. That's why we're going all out for cheap, clean, homegrown power that we control, to bring down energy bills for good.

@YossiBenYakar Plenty of room at Buckingham Palace, and the PMs weekend house Chequers.

UK: “About 8 million people live alone many could welcome a refugee into their home.” Government think tanks and the radical Left are now openly pushing to house asylum seekers inside private British homes. This was always the next step. They opened the borders. They filled the streets. Now they want them in your living room.

@UKDefJournal If it's in a non combat role, then Toyota pickup have the best reputation, but I think Toyota did produce a Humvee type BXD10 ( 1995-2002 ) so maybe consult on an upgraded version..

Babcock has brought together around 30 UK small and medium-sized enterprises at an engagement day in Dorset as it prepares its proposal to replace the British Army's outgoing Land Rover fleet. Click image for more. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=68954