
Lt Col Andrew Curphey RAMS
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Lt Col Andrew Curphey RAMS
@ColCurph
British Army Reserve Command and Staff Officer and NHS GP. Keen on diversity. Woke (deal with it). Has a child with ASD. Teets validated by typos. Views own.





This is Kharkiv. 15 km from the frontline. Still one of the most alive cities I know.






EXCLUSIVE: Ministers will give the green light for the Ajax programme to continue in a bid to save jobs in Labour heartlands and after it passed safety tests thetimes.com/uk/defence/art…



Today's adventure in being a UK GP shows why the system is creaking. Of 30 patients on my list today, 3 were GP problems; rest are waiting for definitive secondary care treatment. Manager added our actual GP work (hypertension reviews) as extras because we have no time anymore.






On a train heading north from Waverley. A guy gets on wearing an orange jacket, cobalt blue troosers and green socks. Christ, I thought, this auld fella is dressed as Michael Portillo. Auld fella turns around. It is Michael Portillo.










Nice idea but will never happen. Nordic and Baltic countries mobilise society because they still believe national defence is a shared duty. Here there is no political appetite/guts to change from any party. And most of the voting public want security without sacrifice.










