Retired British Army WO. Proud Pensioner. Doesn’t sell T-shirts or Coffee, hasn’t written a book, doesn’t give motivational talks.
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The week in Tory MPs so far: one convicted of molesting a minor, another having to apologise for defending said paedophile, PM and chancellor convicted of breaking the COVID laws they wrote. And it’s only Fucking Tuesday.
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Bombing of maternity hospital in Ukraine is a Putin prod to the West to overreach and eg enforce a no-fly-zone. Don’t fall for it - the plan (sanctions, isolation, arms shipments) is working. Stick with it.
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Good news from the streets of Kyiv, many of the shops have fresh fruit and veg on the shelves, there has been a restock! After a few tough days, there are currently no long queues for food here in the city centre.
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Big Thread: After a few more days of war, I've been carefully monitoring Russian social media reaction and production and I'm more convinced than before that Putin's regime has totally overestimated its ability to win a propaganda war.
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This is Dmitry Utkin - callsign "Wagner" - the founder of the Kremlin's "Wagner Group" PMC.
Yes; that is a Nazi Eagle tattooed on his chest, and those are Nazi SS 'Schutzstaffel' runes tattooed on his collarbones.
Because unlike Jewish Zelensky, Utkin really *is* a neo-Nazi.
You literally cannot make it up. Putin reportedly sending mercenaries from the Wagner Group - named after Hitler's favourite composer - to #Ukraine on a mission to kill its Jewish president and "deNazify" the country thetimes.co.uk/article/volod…
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Any Ukrainian drivers, if you are on the A30 near Honiton Devon, come to Smileys Cafe EX14 1BQ you will not be charged for your food,free overnight parking, toilets are currently being repaired, I understand you maybe unable to access your bank accounts, We are happy to help you
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If you're gonna listen to any speech about #Ukraine 🇺🇦, let it be this one.
The Kenya ambassador to the UNSC perfectly explains how people across Africa understand Ukraine, and what the Kremlin's acts of aggression mean in our post-colonial world.
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If you want to know how Ukrainians react to Putin's speech, here's a glimpse: moms on Facebook discuss putting stickers on their children's clothes, when they go to school, indicating their blood type. Make no mistake: this speech was perceived as a declaration of war on Ukraine
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In 1999, a series of mysterious overnight explosions damaged or destroyed four apartment buildings in Moscow, Buynaksk, and Volgodonsk. More than 300 people were killed - many as they slept peacefully with their families.
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May is obviously correct here, but the truth is her government wasn't willing to spend the amount on defence that would allow the UK to *not* be dependent on unilateral decisions made by the United States either.
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Evacuation flights from #Kabul are leaving nearly empty.
Thousands of Afghans with travel docs can’t get to airport.
Taliban have erected checkpoints and are preventing people from entering.
Need to secure a clear path for people to get on their flights.
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I have just seen @lisanandy on Sky news saying that Afghanistan must be a strong, safe and inclusive country. 😂😂 how out of touch are some people. Inclusive, INCLUSIVE…….. it’s the world famous human rights Taliban taking over not the Afghan Green Party 😳#Afghanistan
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Yalda: Will (your justice system) include the amputation of hands and feet?
Taliban spox: I can’t say right now.
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The final cable from CIA Saigon station chief as Embassy shut down.. Read alongside news from Afghanistan.. Then wonder.. Do we learn from history? Or do we learn anything really..
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Stunning insight into impotence of @NATO without US & inability of UK to act alone after decades of defence cuts. @BWallaceMP tried to rally NATO allies to step into security vacuum in Afghanistan left by US. They declined & UK couldn’t go it alone.
Interview by @MarkNicolDM ⬇️
UK betrayed by allies' Afghanistan retreat: Defence Secretary claims Nato countries snubbed plea to stay on after US withdrawal... as Taliban takes control of FIVE provincial capitals
via dailym.ai/ios mol.im/a/9874765
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As Western politicians bellyache about refugees, 86% are in developing countries. Nearly three-quarters are in countries next to the ones they fled from. economist.com/international/…
