@ca13rawler @dieworkwear @seanhannity Dege & Skinner of Savile Row regularly visit the US. I’d imagine they would make you one if you asked (and paid) nicely.
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Pyminister
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Pyminister
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🇬🇧 Dragoon (& very average staff officer). Interested in: leadership, history, military matters, food. Expert in: nothing. Personal views only.
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@dieworkwear @seanhannity Who makes a bespoke navy hopsack blazer that would do a trunk show in the us?
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@tiredobserver1 @BenWallace70 @Arron_banks 1. Military personnel rotate through appointments, CS provide stability
2. Mil tend to be generalists, CS allows specialisation in non-combat areas (e.g. finance, procurement, research)
3. CS are cheaper to recruit, train and maintain
On intelligence, you have a mix of mil/civ
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@BenWallace70 @Arron_banks Why do they need civil servants rather than military personnel?
Are you suggesting intel comes from civil servants and not military personnel?
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They don’t need any. Let the armed forces buy weapons directly they want or do their owns deals. Israel has 2/3rds of our budget and wage war on multiple fronts!
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@NoContextBrits Invitation is the noun and invite is the verb. Don’t send me an invite…
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What’s a hill you’re willing to die on that only Brits will understand?
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@wutangclan98 @untried_sam @PicoPaco17 @RichardHanania The lyrics are about the AfD (Alternativ für Deutschland) which are RW.
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Proof that rightists can win young, attractive women if they stick to racism and don't try to ban abortion.
Ikon 🐐🦉@goat_poaster
"The new meta it seems on TikTok is hot women dancing to right-wing remixes of Gigi D'Agostino."
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@LogisticThinker @WHearnshaw Agree with that: I think AHEP + MA/MSc gives a good balance between degree, attraction and cost.
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@LogisticThinker @WHearnshaw The problem with 3-year continuous study is funding - I don’t think the benefit to the taxpayer is there for a full 3-year degree…in the current climate I just can’t see the desire being there for DEU-model defence universities.
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@LogisticThinker @WHearnshaw “Bang for buck” a single year continuous study programme could be more beneficial, especially considering the AHEP already being there.
Degree after passing RMAS/Cranwell/Dartmouth (although the Army would then need to re-look at RSBs), as the Bundeswehr do.
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@LogisticThinker We do already have the AHEP for officers, I just don’t think we advertise it enough.
It’s not internally delivered, but considering the complications with degree certification that feels like an easier solution than generating our own system. However, it is a bit generic.
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@thinkdefence Not across the alliance. I did some work on UK-DEU workforce comparisons about 18 months ago.
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Has anyone ever seen a set of comparative indicators for NATO forces?
e.g
Officer to OR
Rank splits across whole force
combat/support arms ratios
Service to Civilian ratios
Comparisons of various indicators and ratios are common in industry
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@EODHappyCaptain British: 1678-present: tea
Scottish: 1901-present: Irn Bru
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I can usually determine When a Veteran served by their caffeine and nicotine choices:
Pre 9/11: Black Coffee and Marlboros
2001-2015: Monster and Copenhagen
2016-Present: Bang and Zyn
What did I miss?
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@HeleneBismarck The castle, especially the regimental museums and the Scottish War Memorial.
There’s also loads of great food in Edinburgh
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@rcolvile @CPSThinkTank Not only do you have Kindergeld in Germany, but also far better employment support for new parents and, crucially, heavily subsidised childcare. In Hamburg we paid c. €400 pcm for a 50-hour nursery week.
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In Germany, they now give new parents £1k per kid per year, for a decade, to help them buy a house. In France, each kid means a massively lower tax bill, with bigger cuts when you have three or more. (Detail from this @CPSThinkTank report cps.org.uk/wp-content/upl…)
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Is Britain ready for the Baby Bust? My column this week is on, quite literally, the biggest story in the world - what's happening to population. Quick thread as some of the stats are pretty jaw-dropping (1/?) thetimes.co.uk/article/were-d…
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Settle a debate. Who drinks hardest after a work week.
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@pinstripedline I enjoyed the blog post, amazing how often people overlook the complexity beneath the ORBAT.
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@MotivatedManta @combat_boot It’s very much seen as a degradation of the offer on my patch, and will be a big factor on whether I stay or go on the next move.
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@combat_boot Sure, but I think there can be both. At the moment the FAM can be seen by some as a degrading of the offer they signed up for. For some others it’s an empty offer where larger houses (on traditionally Officer patches) might be available but unaffordable.
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Housing should be based on need
Not going to be exodus, but some will be very unhappy
There are cases of couples in big houses & families crammed in small ones
It needs fixed but it shouldn’t be an officer vs OR matter. We need an all ranks solution
telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/02/1…
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@93vintagejones The lack of sensible childcare provision in this country is astonishing. It’s a huge drag on the economy and on individuals’ (normally women) careers, as well as child socialisation.
It’ll be a vote winner, even if parents loathed most other policies.
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There is a section of my party that appears not to understand their failure to deliver any of this over the last 13 years.
Gavin Barwell@GavinBarwell
There is a section of my party that appears not to understand that in many parts of the country unless one parent is earning a very good wage both parents have to work to make ends meet - and that reliable, affordable, high quality childcare is therefore essential
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@HeleneBismarck British, but in a pretty diehard unionist (by blood 75% English, 25% Scottish)
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