Colonel. Author. Raconteur. Philosopher. Idiot savant. Petrolhead. Satirical Pessimist. Young Fogey. All opinions my own (unless I retweeted them, obviously)
Bristol, England
Joined February 2015
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James Goodenough retweeted
Hiya mate.
If you work for a real news organisation you have to say things that are true.
It’s not a flying car.
It is literally *what Tesla calls* a ‘flying car’.
It’s not a news organisation’s job to uncritically regurgitate a private company’s PR (even it’s a company that you personally have wet dreams over).
The BBC is applying basic journalistic standards.
But cool, go ahead and shoe-horn this clip into a bad faith take and extrapolate it to attack an entire country for some Twitter engagement.
Keep up the good work. 🙏👏🏻
James Goodenough retweeted
Worth reading Dominic Lawson's piece in the Sunday Times...
He's circling something I've been saying for months.… the MoD's problem is not just that it has too little money. It's that it cannot reliably turn the money it has into capability on the front line.
Ajax. Nimrod. Carrier strike. The pattern is always the same. Bespoke kit, built late, over budget, often for a conflict that has already changed by the time it arrives.
Meanwhile in Ukraine, a £400 drone destroys a £4 million tank.
If we are genuinely serious about defending this country and building our national resilience, the first job is not the spending figure. It’s fixing the procurement system that decides what the money buys.
thetimes.com/article/0d0bfe0…
James Goodenough retweeted
We owe those who serve the UK the kit to do the job and the loyalty to stand by them when it's done. We are failing on both.
I’ve spent my whole time in government making that case. Number 10 will not listen, so I am resigning as Minister for the Armed Forces.
Letter to the PM below.🫡🫡🫡⬇️⬇️
Watching the 100th birthday concert of the absolute legend that is Sir David Attenborough.
One of the greatest humans ever to grace the Earth.
Happy birthday good sir.
#DavidAttenborough
James Goodenough retweeted
You want the NATO allies to join you in a war you started without ever consulting these allies about the war or explaining your war aims. We’re meant just to meekly fall in line.
You recently supported a US invasion of a NATO ally (Denmark/Greenland) but now you want these same allies to join your war.
Your president disparaged and misrepresented the role of NATO allies in Afghanistan. But now you want them to join with you again in a war of your making.
You went to war with Iran without a thought of how to keep the Strait of Hormuz open and without involving your allies in the matter. But now you want the NATO allies to bail you out, even though there’s still no plan for Hormuz.
You want the NATO allies to join you in a war in which you still cannot articulate the endgame. Or what victory would look like.
You went to war thinking the Iranian regime would quickly topple, that Tehran would not attack the Gulf States or close Hormuz. Why would we align with such Epic Stupidity?
You and other know-nothing blowhards started this war all on your own. You can finish it on your own. If you’re able to …
Just spoke to @POTUS about our European allies’ unwillingness to provide assets to keep the Strait of Hormuz functioning, which benefits Europe far more than America. I have never heard him so angry in my life. I share that anger given what’s at stake.
The arrogance of our allies to suggest that Iran with a nuclear weapon is of little concern and that military action to stop the ayatollah from acquiring a nuclear bomb is our problem not theirs is beyond offensive. The European approach to containing the ayatollah’s nuclear ambitions have proven to be a miserable failure.
The repercussions of providing little assistance to keep the Strait of Hormuz functioning are going to be wide and deep for Europe and America.
I consider myself very forward-leaning on supporting alliances, however at a time of real testing like this, it makes me second guess the value of these alliances. I am certain I am not the only senator who feels this way.
James Goodenough retweeted
And yet a 2nd generation immigrant like myself has never been to prison, let alone for assaulting a police officer like yourself.
So which of the two of us has made the bigger net contribution to British society Ant?
James Goodenough retweeted
I cannot be happier that @NHSEngland will be disbanded.
A failing organisation that has undermined Doctors and patient safety.
Time for change.
Was a shame Dylan Moran wasn’t able to attend last night in Swindon, but you two made it worthwhile @andrewismaxwell @lauralexx
James Goodenough retweeted
A Thread of the Most Surreal and Fascinating Maps
1. North Korea is strange...
Embassy of the Ottoman Empire in Pyongyang.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Anyone can add locations in Google Maps, so it can't be deemed as a fact that there is an embassy for the Ottoman Empire in the DPRK.
youtube.com/watch?v=xNT-JR…
James Goodenough retweeted
The UK has begun manufacturing and assembling the main structure of its first new fighter jet technology demonstrator in four decades.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/brit…
Hate that a wee bit of curiosity as to the valuation of my car has resulted in @webuyanycar harassing me via text and email.
James Goodenough retweeted
BREAKING: The King has written to his Spanish counterpart following the nation's win in the Euros Final – at Birmingham, England
James Goodenough retweeted
Oh lord I have absolutely no memory of this at all! Did we really ????
If this video from 2010 doesn't encourage you to vote, nothing will. #MakingYourMindUp #BucksFizz featuring @campbellclaret @NadineDorries @PeterTatchell @Nigel_Farage @lfeatherstone @GuidoFawkes @chrismullinexmp