Damian Cameron MInSTR 🚒

⛰️Ready wherever it’s required. 🇬🇧 4 PARA & 299 Royal Engineers conduct a patrol across South Georgia - demonstrating commitment in one of the most remote environments on Earth. 🛡️Supporting security and stability across #BFSAI @BritishArmy

@CasparMorgan2 It’s an oxygen cylinder, sharing the med kit from a second med Bergen.

@DefenceOps @BritishArmy @DefenceHQ @BFSouthAtlantic @CSOC_MOD what's he got strapped on there?

The @BBC is in a bit of bother…

Dear Lucy Powell MP, You think Pakistani rape gangs are a “dog whistle”? Well, I was sexually abused from 5 years old. And it’s politicians like you that are the reason little girls like me are still being raped, exploited and murdered across the country. In my hometown, those in power dismissed victims as troublemakers, paki shaggers and white slags. They shamed and intimidated little girls like me into silence. They accused us of lying, or putting ourselves in risky situations, or even wanting to be raped. They stood by and did nothing while young girls were being brutally abused. And, as many other girls systematically groomed in Telford have testified, I was made to feel as though I was to blame. The system criminalised the victims, rather than going after the perpetrators. I remember being asked by a detective whether I “consented” at any point to sexual activity, and told by a social worker that “my actions had led me to where I was today”. All the while the Labour-led council tried to block an independent inquiry into CSE for years and their Council Leader (now the MP for Telford), along with 10 other powerful local men, even wrote a letter to the Home Secretary saying they felt an inquiry would unnecessary. In Rotherham, Rochdale and elsewhere, victims were continually swept aside by those in positions of power, as if they chose this lifestyle. The attitudes that social workers, local services, authorities had towards children was so skewed, and so deeply unprofessional. It broke me. And I spent years in silence because I thought I would somehow be judged or penalised for the abuse I had suffered. Because I had been conditioned to feel like I was somehow responsible for my own victimisation. The Telford scandal made headlines when it broke in 2015, then again when the Crowther Report was released in 2022. Yet, The news cycle moved on far too quickly. This isn’t a 60-second-and-then-done issue. For change to occur, there needs to be constant attention brought to this issue because, otherwise, silence and ignorance only serves to support the predators and the paedophiles. This is a crime that thrives on misinformation, on fears of “racism” and a lack of awareness, and on being swept under the rug. They rely on girls not being taken seriously, the media not caring and the police not taking any action to investigate. These are not crimes of the past. Kids are still being exploited, groomed, raped and even murdered in council estates like mine. It isn’t enough to have empty words and hollow promises. CSE is not a “dog whistle”. It is a national epidemic. But those in power like Lucy Powell refuse to address that fact for fear of being forced to confront their decades-long failure to protect young girls from abuse. It’s easier to ignore victims, especially when they come from communities, social classes or demographics that are already disenfranchised in Britain. And for those who do speak out, it feels like you are screaming at a brick wall that would rather label you as the problem than take you seriously. Our trauma isn’t a “dog-whistle” or a “trumpet” to blow against the Labour Party. It is the harrowing reality of the institutional blindness and contempt that allowed little girls to be sacrificed at the altar of political correctness, while politicians sneered and branded us troublemakers and attention-seekers for daring to want justice. Shame on Lucy Powell. Shame on Labour. Shame on all of them.

I have just seen the unedited footage of the October 7th attacks. Please read: What I saw was young men chopping off heads, shooting everything in sight, slaughtering little crying kids calling for their mummy, throwing grenades inside houses and cars and shelters, maiming bodies, playing with them, setting humans on fire, looking like it's the happiest day of their life. They call their relatives to celebrate how many they have killed. The parents back in Gaza are thrilled. They cheer and ask for more. "Bring back some heads for the people to play with" - asks a commander. The savages wilfully oblige, using flick knives to remove the skulls from slaughtered bodies like butchers carving up a carcass. "Bring some home for the people so we can crucify them in the square" the Hamas leaders order. The mangled, blood soaked bodies of hostages were paraded through the streets. The Gazan crowds cheered and filmed, celebrating or coming to spit on the terrified youngsters in the back of pick ups. The young Hamas brutes with their ecstatic grins, taking selfies, shouting Allahu Akbar, looked like so many of the young men in dinghies. Trendy clothes, modern phones. Energy and conviction. The first wave of attackers on October 7th were Hamas soldiers. The second, amateur conscripts. The third, Gazan civilians delighted to join in. What even are these monsters. I am forever changed, seeing what I have seen. And it isn't fake. It's footage Hamas shot themselves. Israel must live with that right next door. I fear we now have it, in hotels and houses around the country

Still one of the greatest videos ever

But two tier justice doesn’t exist… 👀

A great example of when management have lost their workforce. Delivering a leaflet on conduct when attending a protest??!!

I genuinely thought this was one of those AI interviews doing the rounds 😂

Still my favourite video of all time, hope this legend is raising a glass to the big man tonight

@scottygb The highlights programme on ITV4 is unwatchable, there’s adverts every few mins which seem longer than any patches of actual coverage. For me TNT is far better.

The ITV4 coverage of The Tour de France has been fantastic, as always.

If suggestions are true re very swanky hotel at Canary Wharf, then I literally don’t know what to say any more. But I am hoping there has simply been a misunderstanding, because SURELY nobody at any level of government would be so stupid as to do that right now, would they? 🤯

Dear @Keir_Starmer - you said you would smash the gangs. You haven’t. @PatrickChristys has just popped over the channel and found a trafficker in minutes. 🤷🏼‍♀️ What the hell are you all doing? We are all sick to death of these illegal boat migrants @GBNEWS (well done Patrick 👏👏)

Day 1 | PM Session | Sandy Peggie v NHS Fife & Dr Upton 🚨Bumbling Through Rights: NHS Fife’s Equality Lead Under Fire By the end of the afternoon, the tribunal had heard it plainly: in NHS Fife, any man can access women’s changing rooms simply by declaring, “I’m a woman.” No policy. No vetting. No safeguard. And crucially - no regard for the women required to accept it. Isla Bumba, NHS Fife’s Equality and Human Rights lead, spent hours defending advice that functioned as a blank cheque: if someone says they’re trans, they’re to be believed. That was the entire threshold. She admitted she knew nothing about Dr Beth Upton - his sex, his transition status, his appearance - before authorising his use of female-only facilities. “If someone says they are trans, I believe them,” she told the tribunal. Asked how she would detect a lie, she replied, “Anyone can lie,” but offered no procedure to identify or prevent it. What about women’s rights? Bumba conceded she gave no thought to female staff’s privacy under Article 8 of the Human Rights Act. Had she considered the potential impact on women who’d survived sexual assault? No. Did she know how many of her colleagues had such histories? “We don’t collect that data.” Instead, she invoked “inclusion” and referenced the EHRC code of practice. But when asked what would happen if a woman was surprised by a male body in the changing room, her solution was bureaucratic: “Raise it with management.” Under her advice, any man declaring himself a woman could enter women’s spaces. And any woman objecting was left to explain herself up the chain of command. The contradictions mounted. Bumba said her advice was “generic,” yet was quoted directly in NHS documents as approving access for “Beth.” She claimed neutrality, even as her email signature marked her as an “LGBT ally.” When asked whether a “GC ally” badge would be equally acceptable, she dodged. Being an ally to trans people, she insisted, “doesn’t mean I’m not to women” - though she could name no action taken to defend women’s rights. She acknowledged men are generally stronger and more likely to commit sexual violence. “Only men are capable of rape,” NC reminded her. “Not true,” Bumba replied. “Except Isla Bryson,” she added, referencing the convicted double rapist who identified as a woman. The contradiction went unanswered. Bumba’s justification rested on perception - how someone “presents.” But when asked whether someone like Dr Upton, who “looks male,” might be seen as male by a woman in the changing room, she deflected: “That’s your opinion.” Could a woman be frightened by this? “Depends on the individual.” Does NHS Fife distinguish between trans-identifying males and opportunistic men? “It’s more complex,” she said - then failed to show how. The session revealed not a rogue official, but a system. A workplace where gender identity is unquestionable, where objections are pathologised, and where female staff are rendered voiceless by policy that doesn’t exist on paper but governs practice all the same. NHS Fife didn’t balance competing rights. It erased one set to prioritise the other. This wasn’t inclusion. It was institutional indifference, disguised as equality.

What a disgraceful episode. People will look back on this period in history and wonder what the f*ck we were doing pandering to such woke lunacy. 👇👇

'This country has become an astonishing joke.' @alexarmstrong shares a baffling list of supposedly 'skilled jobs' that can get you a visa into the UK as an asylum seeker.

Imagine you ran a business and the top 1% of your customers generated 30% of your income. And then you did everything to make them leave and never come back. Even though they funded your business, you didn’t like them because they were successful. So your business went bust.

£25k to stay at home. £22.5k to work full-time. Welcome to modern Britain.

Yorkshire, starting on Friday 11 July, a temporary use ban (TUB), which is a restriction on the use of hosepipes, will come into effect. This will help our region’s reservoir levels recover and protect Yorkshire's water resources throughout the summer months, following one of the driest springs on record and the region being in drought. We've tried everything possible to avoid these restrictions, and despite our customers' help to save water where they can and our efforts to manage water resources, including adding an extra 100 people to our leakage team and upgrading our infrastructure to reduce leaks and bursts, the dry weather and warmer-than-usual temperatures have increased demand. We have supplied an additional 4.3 billion litres of water between April and June compared to a typical year - that's enough to supply Leeds for five weeks. This has left our reservoirs more depleted than expected and lower than average for this time of year. As a result, we’re kindly asking everyone to please put their hosepipes away for a bit. We understand you may have some questions about the restrictions. You can find detailed FAQs, including activities covered by the hosepipe restrictions and who would be exempt from it, on our website at yorkshirewater.com/hosepipes, or watch the video below to see how this might affect you. The restrictions will be in place until the region has seen significant rainfall to bring reservoirs and groundwater stocks back to where they need to be. This may last into the winter months, but rest assured, we will lift it as soon as we are able to. We’re really grateful to everyone who has been saving water where they can this year, and we kindly ask that you please continue to do so to help ensure there’s enough water for everyone in Yorkshire this summer and beyond. Thank you for your understanding. 💙