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The Three Tragic Deaths in Nottingham Lay Bare Government Failure Although I have a Master's in Military History and deep respect for the British military, both past and present, as a former police officer, my instinctive interest lies in protecting UK citizens from real-time threats. Last year, 'Social Care Today' published my article, which argued that the child rape scandals were directly linked to a chronic under-investment in our front-line services. The European has now published my follow-up article looking at the inquiry into the tragic deaths of three people in Nottingham. The Press pointed the finger of blame at front-line services, be it mental health workers, police officers or social services. My article offers a different opinion: the-european.eu/story-58623/br…

Ukraine isn't just surviving - it's rewriting the rules of modern warfare. The grandson of Gen. Patton went to the front lines and came back stunned by what he saw. I really recommend you read this. History in the making. kyivindependent.com/inside-ukraine…

Exciting to take delivery of ⁦@authoradria⁩ latest book. My poor photos do not do justice to the beautiful foil on the cover. The narrative sparkles, too. #Athens&Sparta out on 23/4 from ⁦@HoZ_Books⁩ ⁦⁦@BloomsburyBooks⁩

Proof that remote unmanned robots can now hold infantry positions indefinitely. TWW127, a Ukrainian robot, sat on position alone for 45 days and did not budge. Daily forward overwatch at contested sector, suppressive fire halting enemy advances.

Forever appreciate that Rogue One actually showed us why the callsign ‘Red 5’ was available for Luke when he flew with Rogue Squadron at the end of A New Hope. Such an awesome detail, and honestly only makes The Battle of Scarif all the more significant in retrospect.

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Sir John Glubb, a British Lieutenant General, spent 36 years commanding armies in the Middle East. He studied every major empire in recorded history and found something he didn't expect. Every single empire (Assyria, Persia, Rome, the Arabs, the Ottomans, Spain, Britain) lasted about the same length of time. 250 years. And they all died the same way. (thread) 🧵

Jurassic Park novelist Michael Critchton on why he would have been delighted if feminism died: "In the same way there are fashion victims in terms of clothing, there are fashion victims in terms of ideas, and there are still victims of feminism. A lot of children are victims of an era when women declared their independence from men, saying they no longer needed them: 'A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.' Women could do it by themselves. Well, the idea dovetailed rather nicely for a lot of young men who didn't want to be needed in the first place. They didn't want to be committed to a family just because they got a girl pregnant, for instance, so it was convenient when women were saying men weren't needed. The idea that men didn't want responsibility wasn't new, but suddenly women were saying, 'Yeah, we don't need you!' and men were responding, 'Great, goodbye,' and they were on to the next conquest. But the kids who were left behind were victims of that fashion. There are many children raised without fathers and they have suffered. I'm not saying we should go back to the Fifties--as if we could. All I'm saying is that it's frivolous to pretend kids don't need to be raised. They do." How right was he?

This officially licensed Lucasfilm product is a collaboration between Star Wars and traditional Edo ukiyo-e prints, a proud Japanese art form. The prints feature popular heroes and unique characters from Star Wars, using ukiyo-e techniques.

PLAN B DELIVERS AGAIN! The average marks you could expect to lose was 21. Plan B dropped chapters were worth 21 marks. And you'd be unfortunate not to guess some correctly. 'You have to study everything' is the song of Sirens - my crew fill their ears with 'B'eeswax🐝

@AsiaCommentator @thesiriusreport @TheManilaTimes @ASEAN @AnnaMalindogUy China won’t help any of you, unless you surrender your sovereignty to them.

@thesiriusreport Hopefully, the ASEAN countries will pivot towards China and away from their former colonial masters. The western powers inflicted this fuel shortage on Southeast Asia. The western powers do not care about the welfare of southeast Asia. @TheManilaTimes @ASEAN @AnnaMalindogUy

How a major global power should behave: China is exporting cargoes of diesel and other fuels to countries across SE Asia who are in short supply.

@AsiaCommentator @thesiriusreport @TheManilaTimes @ASEAN @AnnaMalindogUy You get most of your fuel from the gulf states… not the west

One of the best exchanges of all time. @jk_rowling is an absolute legend.

@SadButMadLad @InspGadgetBlogs They have the power to enlarge and cut police budgets. Seems a lot of power right there.

@InspGadgetBlogs You think PCCs have that much power. They don't. They are just a front behind which evil people carry on with their take over of the institutions.

Society gets the policing it deserves. Robert F Kennedy

This is another one for the books. We need more teachers like her. Let them think.

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FALSE Section 25 is NOT applicable. Under s. 25, bail may not be granted where a person is charged with certain specified offences (such as murder, attempted murder, manslaughter etc.) if he/she has been previously convicted of any of the 'certain specified offences' unless there are exceptional circumstances. But....s.18 is not a specified offence under s. 25 of the CJPO 1994.

This kid asked a question better than any reporter, and got an answer that was priceless.

“It seems to me that in the present phase of European history the essential issue is no longer between Catholicism, on one side, and Protestantism, on the other, but between Christianity and Chaos.” Evelyn Waugh