@JohnHealey_MP What about the shadow fleet sailing through the Channel you promised to stop/seize?
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Tim Tait
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Tim Tait
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Proud husband and dad of two; running as quickly as I can; thinking I can still play rugby; environmental enthusiast and wannabe twitcher. All views my own.
Katılım Ekim 2014
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I’m proud of our UK Armed Forces, who left these Russian vessels with no doubt.
Their movements were not covert as Putin planned.
Their attempted secret operations were exposed.
And they have now retreated.
Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧@DefenceHQ
This satellite image is of Russian naval base Olenya in the High North, along with their spy ship Yantar and specialist GUGI submarines before they departed port for UK waters. These vessels are designed to survey underwater critical infrastructure during peacetime, then sabotage in conflict. In response to nefarious activity by Russian GUGI submarines and an Akula Class submarine, the Defence Secretary @JohnHealey_MP deployed our Armed Forces to track and deter any malign activity by these vessels. We worked in partnership with Norway and other allies responding to increased Russian activity in the Atlantic, north of the UK. A @RoyalNavy warship and @RoyalAirForce P-8 aircraft ensured the Russian submarines were monitored 24/7. The Akula Submarine subsequently retreated home having been closely tracked throughout and we continued to monitor the two GUGI submarines, in and around wider UK waters. Our Armed Forces left them with no doubt that they were being monitored, that their movements were not covert as Putin planned and that their attempted secret operations had been exposed.
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🚨BREAKING: John Healey, UK Defense Secretary reveals a shocking plan by Russia to damage UK pipelines and delivers a serious WARNING to Putin:
“Any attempt to damage them will not be tolerated and will have serious consequences.” Wow.
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The is arse-covering nonsense. The idea we couldn’t send warships to the Mediterranean because they were busy shadowing Russian subs closer by, is ridiculous on so many levels. But let’s just settle for this — Type 45s don’t hunt subs.
Kate Ferguson@kateferguson4
John Healey says UK ships not rushed to Middle East as they were seeing off the Russian threat in UK waters. "When a crisis erupts noisily as it has in the Middle East I understand why there are calls to send assets there. "But the greatest threats are often unseen and silent."
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@NickCohen4 How so? First no use of bases; then yes US can use bases; and then no they can't again? That's before we even consider the shambolic readiness of the Royal Navy.
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Starmer handling of this crisis has been the making of him
FT UK Politics@ftukpolitics
UK will not allow US to use air bases for infrastructure attacks, signals Downing Street ft.trib.al/yClFCQm
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BREAKING: HMS Dragon has made port in the Mediterranean due to a technical issue, says the Ministry of Defence.
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📺 Sky 501 and YouTube
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The new England Test team so far then…
Opener
Opener
Rew
Root
Brook
Bethell
Critchley
Foakes
Bowler
Bowler
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Sir James Anderson
😉
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@LukeEdwardsTele Nonsense, he has dithered and left British bases unprotected. That is before we get started on energy policy, Mandelson, U-turns and economic incompetence.
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Keir Starmer is quietly turning into quite an impressive PM for an international global crisis. Calm, astute and strong when he needs to be.
Not that he’ll get any praise for it in the media or on here of course, but he has shown real leadership in an extremely challenging situation.
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@Ed_Miliband @DailyMirror No they are not. You put it into general taxation.
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Energy bills are falling today as a result of action we have taken on the cost of living.
The route to energy security and lower bills for good is through clean, homegrown power that we control.
My latest for the @DailyMirror👇
mirror.co.uk/money/we-conti…
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"That was Keir Starmer as I've honestly never seen him before".
Sky's @BethRigby reacts after an exclusive interview with the Prime Minister. Listen in full on #ElectoralDysfunction from Friday, wherever your get your podcasts 👉 podfollow.com/electoraldysfu…
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Putin is rubbing his hands at the war in the Middle East because he thinks higher oil prices will let him line his pockets.
I will always defend British interests at home and abroad, which is why we are taking action against Russia’s shadow fleet today.
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@simon_schama Yep, and he recognised belatedly that he was going to get quickly sidelined after the death of his brother.
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sorry but am still of the opinion he was a grim sociopath - nothing to do with Shakespeare, More.
History, Royals and Other Things@RoyalsOther
King Richard III was reburied in Leicester Cathedral on 26th March 2015. He had been buried in the lost burial ground of Grey Friars until his discovery in 2012.
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@Keir_Starmer All they said was to use our air bases...which you are allowing now. Couldn't rush even if you wanted to with no functioning Navy and no air defences.
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Moments like this tells you about leadership.
The Tories and Reform would have rushed us into the conflict in the Middle East without thinking through the consequences it would have for British people.
My Labour government will always make decisions in the national interest.
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Labour manifesto said they would honour Brexit. I don't see how this is compatible with that pledge.
The Telegraph@Telegraph
🔴 The Prime Minister will introduce new legislation in the King’s Speech in May to allow Labour to transfer swathes of European regulation covering the agriculture and food sectors 🔗: telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…
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@rec777777 @Keir_Starmer @BBCPolitics @MichelleDewbs @toadmeister Starmer is utterly hopeless but this post is also utter nonsense. The bug resides in the throat of most people, and always has done.
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People dying from bacterial meningitis in Kent now
This is you @Keir_Starmer and your insane immigration policies
@BBCPolitics @MichelleDewbs @toadmeister
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He wants to deploy UK forces we don’t have to keep oil and gas flowing 3,000 miles away but forbids any new investment in our sector of the North Sea. Bonkers.
BBC Politics@BBCPolitics
“It is very important that we get the Strait of Hormuz reopened” Energy Secretary Ed Miliband says “it is something we’re looking at” when #BBCLauraK asks whether the UK might send ships and drones to the Persian Gulf bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
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@Rugby_Scoop Saw nothing in the two penalties at the end, certainly no more that had gone on before in the game. It got too big for the ref, it would for me in front of 80,000 baying french fans.
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How massive is this call? Jeeeze
😂😂😳😳 - thats bold call Mika. This must be investigated, there’s no way.
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@michelrouxjr @ChrisSru880101 There is about the three French maul infringements and penalty turned to knock on advantage.
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You do realise Ramos kicked the penalty from the deliberate knock on… not the high tackle.
So it’s kinda irrelevant.
Scoop 🐻 ☕️@Rugby_Scoop
How massive is this call? Jeeeze 😂😂😳😳 - thats bold call Mika. This must be investigated, there’s no way.
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@RugbyInsideLine No. Worst six nations, that game should not gloss it.
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🌹 Have England turned the corner again?
Or has the plaster been put back on for South Africa to rip it off again in the summer?
We shall see… Let’s see the fallout over the next few days.
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