Mick Fraser
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Mick Fraser
@mick_fraser
Soon to be retired, Suffolk County Councillor (C) for Hadleigh. Former military, lifelong learning provider, Suffolk Armed Forces Covenant Board Champion.




The Defence Readiness Bill… isn’t ready. Shock. Due to be ready in “early-2026” it now won’t be ready until mid-2027 at the earliest and won’t be scheduled in the King’s Speech later this month. Cue the inevitable response that the MOD is working “flat out™” and “at pace™” This was Recommendation 28 of the Strategic Defence Review. Labour pledged to deliver all 62 but these are now slipping to the right and missing their delivery dates. Coupled with the nine-month delay to the Defence Investment Plan it illustrates that despite talking a good game on defence this Government is simply not delivering; Industry is paralysed, our armed forces are simultaneously underprepared and overstretched in readiness for current threats and we’re now in the bottom-third of NATO for defence spending. By the time this Government has finished we are in danger of being left militarily irrelevant.





Bishop 'bitterly disappointed' with King Charles's decision not to release Easter message and warns monarch of 'missing public mood' gbnews.com/royal/royal-ne…


Due to enter service in the early 2030s, the Dreadnought Class will be the most advanced ballistic missile submarines ever built for the UK. They will future proof the UK’s nuclear deterrent, ensuring the nation’s security and that of our @NATO allies.




That's a serious accusation to make, @SteveReedMP. To which racial group do you believe I was racist? If you can't answer, we'll be free to conclude you're a liar. x.com/ArchRose90/sta…



















