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Island dweller. Acquirer of interesting old things. Dedicated Bon Vivant. ⚔️ 🍷

[𝔇𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔢𝔩 @Collector_dan]

New pickup; a WW1 SPAD fighter propeller for the suiza 150BHP engine. About 8’ long. By lucien Chauvière.

[𝔇𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔢𝔩 @Collector_dan]

@ConstableChaos Most Chief Constables will oppose it like they did when Theresa May mooted the same. So let’s see. Simple fact is that humans in powerful positions don’t like that power being taken away.

[𝔇𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔢𝔩 @Collector_dan]

@Brick_Cop @ukhomeoffice It’s about time the memory tests (sorry, exams) were made relevant to being a modern Police leader. Computers and radios have made encyclopaedic knowledge of the law unnecessary and are stopping capable leaders rising. (Yes I did pass them it’s not a sour grapes tweet)

[𝔇𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔢𝔩 @Collector_dan]

@manxambassador Popping in for the first time in the next day or so. Hoping for a bit of a late ‘summer’ day or two to get a final BBQ in. 👍🏻

[𝔇𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔢𝔩 @Collector_dan]

@SgtMattB Took me months to wake up and not automatically think ‘what shift am I on today’ but eventually it’ll pass. 🙂

[𝔇𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔢𝔩 @Collector_dan]

@Brick_Cop @ukhomeoffice It was ever thus; extra resources needed ? well uniform will cover it. I joined in 1997 it was no different then and I don’t suppose it ever will be.

[𝔇𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔢𝔩 @Collector_dan]

@ES_News_ Societal change in people’s employment expectations. Why do 24 hour stressful shifts with lots of repetitive admin, when you can easily find a mon Fri job for more money and less stress?

[𝔇𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔢𝔩 @Collector_dan]

@hudson77449685 Agreed… and a full set of nights seeing how tired it makes you- and proper exposure to all the admin which I hear takes the majority by surprise; IE several hours for a simple job. And filling in forms for everything you do on the street.

[𝔇𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔢𝔩 @Collector_dan]

@risky_iom I see a not dissimilar profile of people attending remembrance services on the island. Equally disheartening.

[𝔇𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔢𝔩 @Collector_dan]

@PacaudFabien Insigne de casquette Fleur de Lys original du régiment de Manchester de l'armée britannique de la Seconde Guerre mondiale 👍🏻

[𝔇𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔢𝔩 @Collector_dan]

Few new badges arrived today. Some unusual ones amongst them.

[𝔇𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔢𝔩 @Collector_dan]

@rorygeo I note in your bio you’re ex job. I’m sure you can think of people you worked with wholly unsuitable to be given a gun. That’s before you add in the very real risk of guns being taken off officers at incidents. Arming all would add to, not detract from current recruitment issues

[𝔇𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔢𝔩 @Collector_dan]

PS no weevils (not even lesser ones) spotted.

[𝔇𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔢𝔩 @Collector_dan]

Went aboard this beauty last night, the Galéon Andalucía. Suppressed the urge to watch Master/Commander upon getting home- but only just. As and when my lottery win happens I’ll be building one of these instead of a boring fibreglass yacht. 😎

[𝔇𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔢𝔩 @Collector_dan]

@YesterdaysBrit1 Yep. A B reg black 4 speed with a 1.0 engine. Took me on my 1st lads holiday to Cornwall, wouldn’t do more than 55mph or so; happy days.

[𝔇𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔢𝔩 @Collector_dan]

@DiariesEmpire I hope Mrs E is just out of shot fanning you with ostrich feathers.

[𝔇𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔢𝔩 @Collector_dan]

Finally getting round to bingeing this belter of a series, having not seen it since it first screened. If you know what it is you’re definitely my sort of person 🙂

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

Too many politicians treat the world like a student union. Abstract, simplistic and completely disconnected from reality. The world is not a debating club. It is a dangerous place where power matters, where democracy is fragile and where enemies don’t play by the rules.

That’s why we need to be clear: supporting Israel is not just right — it is necessary for our own national security. Israelis are at the front line in the fight for the West and for our shared values.

First, Iran is a direct threat to the UK and has been for years. Our security services have stopped multiple Iranian terrorist plots and assassination attempts on UK soil. Its ballistic missiles can reach Europe. We should support any ally that seeks to damage Iran’s nuclear programme and eliminate the threat posed by the terror-exporting Revolutionary Guards.

Anti-British sentiment is almost as central to the ayatollahs’ deranged ideology as their obsessive hatred of Israel and the United States. They use the term “Little Satan” interchangeably to refer to both the UK and Israel.
Iran uses influence through mosques, schools and fake charities to radicalise and corrupt our own population: taking advantage of our democracy to advance its theocracy.

Second, Iran and Israel are not moral equivalents. Israel is a vibrant democracy that protects women and minorities and encourages them to vote, speak and dissent. In Iran women are brutalised by a theocratic dictatorship. Their ability to travel and work is restricted. They are beaten for showing their hair. Tortured for asking questions. Executed for demanding freedom.

Anyone who can’t see the difference between a liberal democracy and a terrorist regime needs to spend less time on social media and more time understanding reality.

When Iran launched its latest barrage of missiles, it didn’t target military installations. It targeted city centres. High rise housing. Hospitals. Civilians. This is a war crime, plain and simple. No excuses. No spin. And still, we have western politicians giving copy-and-paste statements as if this were a playground spat between equal players in a “cycle of violence”.

Israel’s response, in contrast, is surgical. It decapitated Iran’s offensive capabilities with extraordinary precision and minimal civilian casualties. Images of holes made by guided bombs in the sides of flats occupied by specific regime operatives are testament to Israel’s values. When Iran attacks, millions of Israelis hide in bomb shelters. When Israel attacks, Iranian dissidents record the impact against regime targets and cheer.

Military strategists will be studying this campaign for decades as a model for how to defend your people without losing your moral compass and in compliance with international law.

Israel has a right to defend itself. Iran has been openly committed to the destruction of Israel for decades. Through its proxy, Hamas, the regime orchestrated the murder of 1,200 people on October 7 and has said it would do it again. Any democracy facing such an existential threat from a genocidal regime would and must act to defend itself.

Most Arab nations understand this; some say it openly. Many ordinary Iranians bitterly oppose their regime which for 46 years has been robbing them of their future. They know that Israel is not the problem. They condemn violence, yes, but they have no time for the delusions of the western left. They’ve had enough of people in Islington pretending to speak for Gaza while doing nothing for peace.

But of course, the usual crowd in Britain and beyond rushed to condemn Israel. They ignore the facts. Because it’s not really about Israel — it’s about their own moral posturing.

While Israel takes on the arrayed enemies of the West, fighting terrorism on multiple fronts, and facing Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and Iran at once, their so-called allies condemn them.

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[𝔇𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔢𝔩 @Collector_dan]

@HMorrison97 You Sir, are a Buffoon.

[𝔇𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔢𝔩 @Collector_dan]

@mcribbHistory I wonder if there are any contemporary images of what the gardens looked like? I guess most of us imagine battles are fought in open fields, hedgerows etc not in well maintained and structured gardens. An interesting snippet. 👍🏻