Great in our time radio 4 this morning the levellers : great speakers, Teresa Bejan, Clare Jackson, Ted Vallance - Edward Sexby gets a name check in the podcast . Hooray
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Robert Fox
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Robert Fox
@robfox45
Writer, Def Ed Evening Standard, broadcaster, Hon Fellow Exeter SSI etc -- especially etc
Islington, London N1, UK Katılım Nisan 2010
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Really : the margin was 52: 48 - a big turnout but not the entire electorate . Where in British constitutional practice is it written that the vote in a popular plebiscite is in perpetuo - whereas the opposite applies in general elections.
Iain Duncan Smith MP Chingford & Woodford Green@MPIainDS
The Labour party has no electoral mandate to override the biggest vote this country has ever seen when voting for Brexit. We must defend the overwhelming democratic vote of the British people and fight to make sure Brexit is not betrayed. The Labour party’s internal leadership psychodrama should not hide the fact that they plan to take the UK back in to the expensive clutches of the EU. In short Labour want to wreck Brexit. express.co.uk/news/politics/…
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The Labour party has no electoral mandate to override the biggest vote this country has ever seen when voting for Brexit. We must defend the overwhelming democratic vote of the British people and fight to make sure Brexit is not betrayed. The Labour party’s internal leadership psychodrama should not hide the fact that they plan to take the UK back in to the expensive clutches of the EU. In short Labour want to wreck Brexit.
express.co.uk/news/politics/…
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And what were you Toby ? Your snotty remark is unworthy of you
Toby Harnden@tobyharnden
None of these were SAS - Al Carns was SBS, Dan Jarvis was a Para & failed SAS selection, Tom Tugendhat was Int Corps and work as a linguist with SBS, Mike Martin was Int Corps
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I have just heard on Radio 4 's Gardeners' Question Time the much publicised plantswoman Bunny Guiness says ' I have never seen a horse eating docks.' Did my ears deceive me -- this is sheer ignorance. Dock leaves are poison for horses and cattle (?) and that's why I used to rip them up on the farm, with my esteemed Dad!
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Nick Robinson interview with Kemi a Punch and Judy show of the absurd . Bring back the Katya-Anna show. He sounds condescending and snide.
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So we don’t put the money to Europe ? How does this help defence sales ? I suppose we truck on with such nonsense as Ajax.
Iain Martin@iainmartin1
Two stories juxtaposed on the front page of @thetimes - Brussels tells Keir Starmer to pay £1bn for closer ties to Europe. And no money for new weapons until 2030, former military chief warns…
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And most of the remaining T23 frigates are in a parlous state.
Andrew Neil@afneil
Reports today that the Royal Navy — you know, the one that ruled the waves — now down to five frigates. Some of which already have commitments. So we cannot provide a carrier fleet for our aircraft carriers, who have their own problems. A national disgrace in which Tory, Labour and even the pathetic Lib Dems are complicit.
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So why do so many in Uk military command , RAF and elements of MOD and UK Treasury especially , still insist on ‘US first’ ? Margaret MacMillan Radio4 2day : it will take ages to remedy Trump’s chaos
Nathalie Tocci@NathalieTocci
Trump’s latest moves on trade and troops in Europe reconfirm two simple facts: no deal with Trump is worth the paper it’s written on & no degree of bending the knee to him makes an iota of a difference (other than shredding European dignity)
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Gabriele , you need watch progress on the D Investment Plan - probably buried for the time being - and the National Defence Bill postponed for a year at least (senior SDR source) . And the Ajax saga - too many backsides mutually being covered. What as the ne NAD directorate actually achieved?
Gabriele Molinelli@Gabriel64869839
Every ship, jet or AFV on the way was ordered by others. You dithered on last tranche of 15 M270A2s; placed no new F-35 orders; withdrew vessels and parked up others; introduced as yet unknown no of years of delay in Type 26 deliveries. All before DiP reveals complete list of KIA
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Look at the different accounts of Lord Hermer, AG, in the Daily Telegraph and the FT this past week . Are they about the same person? Or is one a newspaper doing its job and the other doing a needless puff for the Legal Establishment/ Government ? FT Weekend ‘lunch with’ Hermer very strange .
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@simontillo great in our time on indentured labour Caribbean and South Africa - brilliant well tempered broadcast. Misha going great ! Thank you
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You must be kidding! Where are you living ?
Michael McFaul@McFaul
I did not support Trump's decision to attack Iran. The US faced no immediate threat; deterrence was working. But if Trump succeeds in bringing democracy to the Iranian people and eliminating Iran's nuclear problem forever, those will be achievements. But not achieved yet.
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What a load of self regarding nonsense. So this isn’t quite the walk in the park/turkey shoot, the Hegseth juvenile gamifiers thought it was. 1 nato cannot be under the direction of a team that can’t run a clown car. 2 in wars among the people, the people have a vote.
Tymofiy Mylovanov@Mylovanov
Pompeo: It breaks my heart, but NATO allies have been feckless — unable to support or explain US and Israeli strikes on Iran. After this, the US will have to rethink who its real allies are and what it can rely on them for. 1/
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Add the car crash interview with Ferrari on LBC and Healey seems less than fit for purpose. Said we had 17 destroyers and frigates— er ? Where are Lancaster, Daring and Diamond ? How many Type23s are actually operational? Answers on a postcard, please !
Robert Fox@robfox45
Interested that the BBC today team give such space to Ezra Cohen , the unconfirmed official of the first Trump administration. Hardly the voice of reasonable dispassionate analysis
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If you want a study in the art of the crappy interview, listen to Anna foster on today with John Healey - all round less than incisive.
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Interested that the BBC today team give such space to Ezra Cohen , the unconfirmed official of the first Trump administration. Hardly the voice of reasonable dispassionate analysis
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Trump is not threatening NATO/Europe because it’s not coming to the rescue in Hormuz. he’s been doing so consistently (Ukraine, Greenland) because it’s what he believes. Trump is predictable on Europe. The problem is the European lack of consistency in acknowledging US betrayal
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For the first time in modern history, our allies are saying they won’t stand with us. That doesn’t happen by accident it’s the result of reckless leadership and burned alliances.
Trump didn’t put America First, he put America alone and damaged our global reputation.
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Shashank, John Healey seemed to struggle with the legacy and lessons from the Armilla patrol when I met up with him at PJHQ last week.
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