
Hughligans
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Hughligans
@hughligans
Fourth Party acolyte, “skirmisher” seeking to invigorate an old party through idealistic politics - Conservative rebel



Please watch this statement from Hampshire Police as they explain what happened when Henry Nowak was mistakenly handcuffed, and why they haven’t been able to speak about the circumstances until now: youtu.be/toKqDEYjVnk







Nicola Sturgeon defends 'no comment' stance during Operation Branchform police interview news.sky.com/story/nicola-s…









I am going to risk being branded as a heretic, but the last thing we need for maritime warfare in the future is a stream of frigates as the answer to the mermaid's prayer. They will struggle to survive in the 21st century operational and financial battle-space. We need a much more expansive concept that carefully calibrates and balances the mitigation of vulnerabilities with a decisive capacity to realise military effect.








There’s a noticeable political vibe shift taking place, with long-standing establishment voices becoming openly critical of the state and how it operates. @peterhyman21 is the latest to call for serious reform of the Cabinet Office (also see Morgan McSweeney’s frustration in @ShippersUnbound excellent long read this week), and this matters. During every crisis, SW1 spends its energy blaming personalities and communications when the root cause is usually structural. Repeated political failure is rarely about messaging and media strategy. It’s far more about the over-extended remit of the Cabinet Office, the growing authority of the Government Legal Service, weak recruitment, very poor quality talent, especially among politicians, and incentive systems that actively discourage performance and accountability across the civil service. Of course, all of the above is rather dull and unlikely to generate positive column inches. A prime minister who focused on fixing these systemic problems would be accused of having misplaced priorities (“why tinker with civil service - fix the NHS”) and senior mandarins, who benefit from the status quo, would hit them with hostile leaks and briefings. So why would any political team spend political capital this way - much easier to convince yourself the last lot were the problem and our team of ‘grown ups’ will be able to turn things around. However until someone tackles these core failures, we’ll keep cycling through faster and more frequent political breakdowns.

