Geoffrey Cole

[Geoffrey Cole @GeofCole]

I wonder what became of Alice?

[Derbyshire Record Office @DerbyshireDRO]

Here is a report card for Alice Stanley from 1926 (when she was 9) and a written report for her mother from 1931. If you're currently waiting for your exam results, fingers crossed they're as good as hers were!

[Geoffrey Cole @GeofCole]

Norway makes its money by selling oil and gas to the rest of the world - which helps to subsidise their EV vehicles.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

As goes Norway, so goes the rest of the world.

Combustion engine cars will be like the steam engine – quaint, but primitive.

[WeGotitBack 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇺🇸 @NotFarLeftAtAll]

Why are there Ukrainian soldiers on our VE Day .. I’m almost sure they were fighting with the Germans and then offered a safe haven after the war to 1000’s of German soldiers and officers. The Russians were fighting the Nazis with us not the Ukrainians

[Geoffrey Cole @GeofCole]

It’s a good job that Vance supports free speech. Otherwise, he could become very cross!

[Geoffrey Cole @GeofCole]

Manchester airport’s 2nd runway at 3,000 metres was opened in 2001!

[LBC @LBC]

“We haven’t built a new runway in Britain since the 1940s, we can’t carry on like this.”

Rachel Reeves tells @NickFerrariLBC the country would be ‘missing out’ without a third runway at Heathrow.

[Geoffrey Cole @GeofCole]

I remember it well

[Chris Bolton @CcibChris]

From the days of a significant RAF. Canberras at Wyton

[Geoffrey Cole @GeofCole]

De Havilland Mosquito?

[Ian Black @BlickyIan]

Arguably the first multi role combat aircraft - master of all trades -.the slatted F-4E over came its lack of turning ability and the nose canon was a bonus - The RAf operated the FG1 and FGR 2 and the F-4J UK

[Geoffrey Cole @GeofCole]

Who could have guessed that could happen!

[Sky News @SkyNews]

UK's natural gas stocks hit by early winter cold and lack of wind

Read more🔗
https://t.co/u6vrM168E1

[Geoffrey Cole @GeofCole]

We don”t know as this detail is not available for imported electricity.

[Paul Lewis @paullewismoney]

13.1% imports. Where is the breakdown for that? Was any of that generated by coal fired power stations?

[Geoffrey Cole @GeofCole]

Very true. The Russians did beat Napoleon and, as part of a coalition, Hitler. But they lost to France, Britain & the Turks in the Crimera, Japan in 1905, Germany in WW1, and the Poles in the 1920s. Perhaps Trump should try reading rather than speaking.

[Jonathan Eyal @JEyal_RUSI]

The usual lies. The usual nonsense. Deeply troubling that this guy should be anywhere near the White House

[Geoffrey Cole @GeofCole]

The design is safer for pedestrians as well as cyclists; and the owners of (very large) EV SUVs don’t pay vehicle (not road) tax either).

[road.cc @roadcc]

“Good to see those who don’t pay road tax getting priority”

New “unsafe” Dutch-style roundabout will create “chaos” and add 45 minutes to journeys in hilly city where “most people can’t cycle”, confused drivers say
https://t.co/JNUrGYYe6g #cycling

[Geoffrey Cole @GeofCole]

Weak? Virtually non-existent would be more accurate!

[UK Defence Journal @UKDefJournal]

The former head of the British Army, General Sir Patrick Sanders, expressed concern over the UK's capacity to defend itself against aerial attacks, describing current capabilities as "weak".
https://t.co/dnuk4C0eUp

[UK Defence Journal @UKDefJournal]

The former head of the British Army, General Sir Patrick Sanders, expressed concern over the UK's capacity to defend itself against aerial attacks, describing current capabilities as "weak".
https://t.co/dnuk4C0eUp

[Geoffrey Cole @GeofCole]

Good news for me. Would save me £1k per year in an East Midlands Band E property.

[Renée Hoenderkamp @DrHoenderkamp]

Oh my god… if this is true it must be the new poll tax.

The proposal is;

House value x 0.5%

So a house that was £500,000 20 years ago and is now £1.5m will cost £625 a month!!

New council tax band system under Labour will push bills up by £1,230 https://t.co/b5crDliPBz

[Geoffrey Cole @GeofCole]

There was 1 - a journalist who smuggled herself aboard, hid and then went ashore pretended to be a stretcher bearer.

[MichaelWhite @michaelwhite]

In all the excitement over Sunak’s absence it went unremarked that Starmer had inspected the D Day beaches which “ young men and women ran up.” Steady in Keir, there were no women there. TV dramas & films may be retrospectively inclusive, but you mustn’t do it in real life

[Geoffrey Cole @GeofCole]

Prince Phillip attended? Maybe in spirit!

[LBC @LBC]

'There's nothing that can somehow justify what happened here.'

'The optics do not look good', Conservative Candidate @Tobias_Ellwood tells @VanessaOnAir, reacting to Rishi Sunak's decision to leave D-Day commemorations early.

[Geoffrey Cole @GeofCole]

Congratulations, but I hope she is good at managing repairs.

[Navy Lookout @NavyLookout]

Cdr. Claire Thompson to become the first female captain of a Royal Navy aircraft carrier.

She will take over command of @HMSQNLZ from Capt. Will King in January next year.

https://t.co/dNQJ4lW7wm

By @akefford

[Geoffrey Cole @GeofCole]

It should read ‘torpedo boat strikes’ as these boats had anti-aircraft weapons.

[Royal Air Force @RoyalAirForce]

🎥 On D-Day, RAF Coastal Command patrolled 24/7, risking torpedo strikes to guard against Nazi submarines.

Today, the Poseidon MRA1's advanced sensors enhance safety & efficiency in maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare. ✈️

@RAFLossiemouth

#DDay80

[Geoffrey Cole @GeofCole]

Two cities the size of Leicester in one year!

[Guido Fawkes @GuidoFawkes]

Net Migration Down to 685,000 in Last Year https://t.co/9l714EHqOS

[Geoffrey Cole @GeofCole]

Except that these troops were not dropped from an aircraft nor were they in the Parachute Regiment. They were from Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, with Royal Engineer support, and landed in gliders.

[Danielle Sheridan @SheridanDani]

James Cartlidge, Defence Minister, set out in the Commons why 181 paras will be completing a memorial jump on June 5.
He said: "It's 181 because that is the number of paratroopers who at 16 minutes past midnight on DDay itself, landed and took the bridge that we named Pegasus. "