Served in N. Ireland, Cold War, Belize; Force Comd Gorazde, Bosnia and later Brigade Commander, Comd British Forces Sierra Leone, Iraq. DComd NATO Afghanistan.
'The Battle of the Drina' - BBC Sounds
The largely unknown story of the siege of Goražde.
(𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐲)
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AFTER fifty years, the prosecution of Soldier F has finally fallen on its face this week. The events of so-called Bloody Sunday have been subject to multiple inquiries, including one that took 12 years to complete and cost £400million.
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Stop funding restrictions on driving @Mark_J_Harper@transportgovuk@conservatives@grantshapps
LTNs, "15 Min Cities" etc destroying local economies & communities across UK
Majority don't want them
Lack of debate & "stealth" tactics wrong
Free Our Streets @togetherdec
'Putin has shown his hand. It would be very unwise to think Ukraine will be the end of his ambitions.'
Lt Gen Jonathon Riley tells @Nigel_Farage it would be 'madness' for Rishi Sunak to not increase military spending in his Spring statement following the war in Ukraine.
‘Some day Putin and all his subordinates are going to have to answer for this’
LT General Jonathon Riley discusses Putin committing war crimes by targeting civilians as his forces invade Ukraine.
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'Despite all the wokeness, I think there's still a pretty good number of decent young folk who think their country is worth fighting for.'
Lieutenant-General Jonathon Riley joins GB News to debate whether young people would be prepared to fight for their country.
‘If I were the Russians, I wouldn’t go there [Kyiv]’
Lieutenant-General Jonathon Riley discusses Russian military tactics as a 40-mile convoy of troops approaches Kyiv.
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Interesting to listen to @LtGenRiley mentioning the limitations and fallibility of satellite technology in the current situation in Ukraine https://t.co/6WhLZhM5T4 It's an insight also in the Antarctic and WW2 career of his cousin Quintin Riley. Wish it had remained history
'A lot of what the Russians will be trying to do is deception… yes satellite technology is great but you should never rely on a single source of intelligence.'
Retired British Army officer Lt Gen Jonathon Riley discusses satellite technology and the fog of war.
Give up November to save Christmas.
Give up Christmas to save January.
Give up January, February and March to save Easter.
Give up Easter to save the summer.
Give up summer to save the Autumn.
Can anyone guess what's coming next...?
It never ends until WE say it does. 🤷🏻♀️
Now 1,250 Covid inpatients in English hospitals. C. 1% of all patients. Same level we were at July 2020 when many took foreign holidays. And there were no vaccinations.
Any restrictions beyond this point on humans meeting are stupid, cruel and indefensible.