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Matthew Ford

@warmatters

Saarf-Londoner. Assoc Prof @Forsvarshogsk. Associate @I_W_M. Senior fellow @USF_GNSI. Honary Constultant @Royal_Armouries. Series editor @HurstPublishers

Katılım Haziran 2011
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Think Defence
Think Defence@thinkdefence·
@warmatters Or moving a deterrence force closer to that which needs deterring
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Dr Philip W Blood
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Took a break from downsizing and mum-moving to edit two chapters. Oddly relaxing.
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Matthew Ford
Matthew Ford@warmatters·
Spending time on here and reading the commentariat, I start to wonder whether anyone has a sense of humour in Britain anymore. Or is it now just all about journalists shouting their shouting points in an effort to drive engagement rates and get us all to HATE each other.
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Matthew Ford@warmatters·
@HistorianBlood Hah! Be kind. Think of the blood pressure meds needed by the armchair generals!
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Matthew Ford@warmatters·
Britain as a geopolitical power. No chance and not for at least a decade. People think of the UK as a P5 member. I just see hors de combat. And that won’t change while we have five way politics.
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Matthew Ford@warmatters·
@thinkdefence I’m not exactly saying that. But at the same time we watched the last government do precisely that.
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Matthew Ford@warmatters·
@thinkdefence They have been set up to fail. Partisan politics has gone from sinking the EM2 to sinking the country and then laughing at anyone trying to pick up the pieces. The UK isn’t fit for anything foreign policy related for a decade.
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Steveo110@Steveo11011·
@warmatters Returning to the UK currently must feel like:
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Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn@jeremycorbyn·
This country might be about to have its 6th Prime Minister in 7 years. Why? Because they’ve all failed to take on a rigged economic system that enriches the few at the expense of us all. People want a society where children don’t go hungry. That is really not too much to ask.
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Matthew Ford
Matthew Ford@warmatters·
Back to Blighty for a few weeks💪💪
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Matthew Ford
Matthew Ford@warmatters·
@DaveHartwell1 I am insulated by 800 miles of North Sea. And yet the tumult is embarrassing. People think of the UK is a P5 member. I just see hors de combat. And that isn’t going to change for a decade.
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Matthew Ford
Matthew Ford@warmatters·
Commentators seem to have got ahead of themselves. This is a parliamentary democracy. Parliament is sovereign. Honestly the bullshit on here.
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