Mark “Beaker” Bate

Former RAF | Independent Ship Pilot | BSc IP + SS Aberystwyth | MSt IR Cambridge

[Mark “Beaker” Bate @BeakerBate]

@MtarfaL @FennellJW We are about to go full tilt into the Emperor’s new clothes…..

[Mark “Beaker” Bate @BeakerBate]

OMG what on earth is going on at Lords 🤷🏼😳

[Mark “Beaker” Bate @BeakerBate]

@UKDefJournal If you can evidence dual use then it shouldn’t be an issue. Any legacy ESG concerns should have fallen away. Much of the issue is lack of any commitment from UK MOD.

[Mark “Beaker” Bate @BeakerBate]

@Zaphod2042 @hmtreasury Indeed

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@Zaphod2042 @hmtreasury The lesson what obvious in the Khareef Class built for 🇴🇲

[Mark “Beaker” Bate @BeakerBate]

Duckett and Gay looking good so far in England’s second innings.

[Mark “Beaker” Bate @BeakerBate]

@Zaphod2042 @hmtreasury Meanwhile over in Korea Hanwha are knocking them out fully equipped at pace, and I don’t mean the bloviation used by those senior officers in MOD.

[Mark “Beaker” Bate @BeakerBate]

Any better way to spend a Friday?

#Lords #EngNZ

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@JonA2i @edwardstrngr65 They seem pretty content with the decision….

[Mark “Beaker” Bate @BeakerBate]

@scottyeders That’s why I’ve just posted asking what wicket the curator has prepared….astonishing.

[Mark “Beaker” Bate @BeakerBate]

Anyone trudging to Lords tomorrow for England vs New Zealand Test Match? If so I’ll be in the Edrich stand 👍🏻

[Mark “Beaker” Bate @BeakerBate]

What kind of wicket has the curator and their team prepared @HomeOfCricket 🤷🏼 an astonishing yet abridged first day. Looking forward to, checks weather, a full days play tomorrow in person.

[Mark “Beaker” Bate @BeakerBate]

@benmoores2 @GarethJennings3 100%

[Mark “Beaker” Bate @BeakerBate]

@PaulKennard18 @JonA2i @GarethJennings3 Until we can have a grown up discussion on health and welfare it matters for nought. Plague and damnation on the entirety of Whitehall regardless of colour of cloth. The UK cannot recover and is ultimately doomed.

[Mark “Beaker” Bate @BeakerBate]

@PaulKennard18 @GarethJennings3 There are elements I agree with, will be interesting to see how risk and control is apportioned. That £15bn is now £9bn out to 2030 for everything other than GCAP. Defence on the cheap, UK has zero credibility IMHO and our allies are too polite to comment.

[Mark “Beaker” Bate @BeakerBate]

@LOS_Fisher @RAeSTimR So is the £6bn part of or in addition to the £15bn? Or are we spinning it so the position looks better than it already is?

[Mark “Beaker” Bate @BeakerBate]

Just the start……….

[David Pugliese @davidpugliese]

UK media fails to disclose defence industry ties of most military commentators https://t.co/PfyrvP0Ah0

[Mark “Beaker” Bate @BeakerBate]

This will go one of two ways…….

[Financial Times @FT]

UK Treasury set to take control of fighter jet spending after defence ministry mishaps https://t.co/guJGhDF7fL

[Mark “Beaker” Bate @BeakerBate]

@MtarfaL @UKDefJournal MOD must decide what it wishes of its Mil Fg Trg System. Should further packages be inserted into a legacy PFI construct or should they form the vanguard of what comes next? No point addressing AJT if BFT, as it would appear, is also somewhat troubled.