John Charnock

[John Charnock @JohnSCharnock]

@highr0ad @ClarkeMicah the 1970s are infamously remembered as the decade that nearly broke Britain. The nation suffered a humiliating economic collapse, unparalleled industrial warfare, and a literal loss of basic services that made daily life bleak and chaotic - the worst decade

[John Charnock @JohnSCharnock]

@highr0ad @ClarkeMicah Do you remember the 70s?

[John Charnock @JohnSCharnock]

@JonathanMoynih3 I don't agree with this

[Nick Timothy MP @NJ_Timothy]

Lord Hermer is gone.

Good riddance to a man who hounded British soldiers in court and refused to apologise for it.

He took the side of foreign terrorists over our veterans.

It's utterly damning that Labour ever thought he was fit to be Attorney General.

[Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP @TanDhesi]

#Defence Investment Plan has outlined billions of pounds extra to keep our nation secure, but is it enough to meet the moment and where exactly will a future Chancellor find the #funds from?

Rest assured, the Defence Committee will hold government to account on defence spending.

[Navy Lookout @NavyLookout]

Shame the @CommonsDefence does not have more power to really hold government to account on Defence other than ask quetions and write reports.

[Paul Rees. ex Rucksack. @HannahIamthest1]

I wasn’t there, however this guy was:

"I’d like to put the record straight, because I was there.

People often forget how the Argentine troops were treated after the Falklands War. We treated their wounded, and many would not have survived without the medical care they received. They were fed, and their officers were even allowed to keep their sidearms for their own safety.

After facing each other in battle, that wasn’t easy, but it was the right thing to do.

They were fed, cared for, and many were transported home on Canberra. We also cleaned up the mess that had been left behind. There was no complaining—we just got on with the job.

Many of the Argentine troops were exhausted and relieved to be going home after experiencing the reality of war. They were defeated and demoralised, and many couldn’t even look you in the eye.

Many of those young soldiers were more afraid of their own officers and the military junta than they were of us. They had been sent into an impossible situation by leaders who would never share their hardships.

The Falklands’ climate and terrain are brutal, and the weather is unforgiving. I saw young men who were hungry, frightened, dirty, wet and cold, longing to be back with their families in Argentina. Many I spoke to, while sharing hot drinks and sweets, told me they never wanted to be there in the first place.

So before anyone starts abusing me, my family or my brothers-in-arms, remember this: we were there. We experienced the full cycle of war, and we also witnessed the immense relief of the Falkland Islanders when the invaders finally left.

To those in Argentina who still believe the stories told by defeated generals, I’d simply say this: many of us were there, and we know what happened. Don’t confuse propaganda with the reality witnessed by those who fought and those who surrendered.

The war is over. Britain won. History cannot be changed. It’s time to stop reliving old arguments and instead focus on building a better future for the people of Argentina rather than making repeated claims over the Falkland Islands.

As my grandmother used to say, “Children should be seen and not heard.” Sometimes it’s wiser to listen to those who were actually there.

War tests not only courage in battle, but also humanity in victory. I am proud that we showed both.

Feel free to share and comment “war is not a political football “ maybe you should try it sometime it’s not advisable

Lives broken families destroyed

Respect to those lost to war and those who are still fighting a war long ago."
Shared as requested.

Falklands
#FalklandsWar
#veterans

[Maurice Cousins @MDC12345678]

If Andy Burnham really believes that Margaret Thatcher, rather than China's entry into the WTO or Ed Miliband's luxury energy and climate policies, is responsible for Britain's deindustrialisation, then he is living in cloud cuckoo land.

In 1999 - NINE YEARS AFTER THATCHER LEFT OFFICE - Britain still had the world's fourth-largest manufacturing sector by gross value added, behind only the United States, Japan and Germany.

[John Charnock @JohnSCharnock]

@piersmorgan Same feeling

[John Charnock @JohnSCharnock]

@thinkdefence Absolutely correct 👍

[John Charnock @JohnSCharnock]

@andrewmichta Interesting thank you

[Liam Halligan @LiamHalligan]

As Andy Burnham enters Downing Street determined to be “distinctively Labour” and “unashamedly Labour”, it is clear that taxes – despite a tax burden now at 38pc and on course to reach around 41pc of GDP by 2029 – will increase further still.

The UK economy is locked in a high-debt, high-tax, low-growth doom loop, with the debt interest bill spiralling as the national debt rises ever higher.

Inflation is coming – the producer price index rose a staggering 8.7pc during the year to May, up from 7.9pc the previous month – and there will be little respite from a lower oil price.

And that inflation will push up immediate borrowing costs and debt interest payments even more.

“From here, we do it differently,” said Burnham on Friday. “We win by being us.”

But by “us”, Burnham means Labour. And for the country, Labour spells economic ruin.

My latest weekly “Economic Agenda” column in @Telegraph

https://t.co/kGGNJi0b2r

[John Charnock @JohnSCharnock]

Absolutely correct

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

The case for public ownership is strongest when we’re talking natural monopolies. Even then taxes need to rise to pay for costs/losses and all the capex required. Of course that rarely happens. Instead state-owned monopolies are starved of investment as politicians prioritise more immediate needs eg welfare spending, public sector pay etc. That’s exactly what happened in ALL the state-owned industries/services between 1945 and 1980.

[John Charnock @JohnSCharnock]

@PhilC273 Utter 🗑

[John Charnock @JohnSCharnock]

@Gabriel64869839 Because @UKLabour are fraudsters - they dont like or respect we the people who pay taxes for them to pursue their destructive socialist ideology

[Robert Lyman 🇺🇦 @robert_lyman]

Every. Single.Time.
@MattCartoonist

[John Charnock @JohnSCharnock]

@PolitlcsUK Stop with the bans

[John Charnock @JohnSCharnock]

@FUDdaily *EMS

[John Charnock @JohnSCharnock]

@FUDdaily Managing the ESM will be super difficult so we need to be careful about our expectations from networked warfare unless we can do this in real time and with a level of skill not seen before

[David Frost @DavidGHFrost]

Only one phrase matters in Burnham's speech today.

"Britain took a series of wrong-turns in the 1980s."

Anyone who thinks that simply does not understand what happened in Britain's recent history and why, and is therefore doomed to fail to solve our problems. 👇