Nigel Inkster

Senior Advisor @IISS_org and Director of Geopolitical and Intelligence Analyst @EnodoEconomics; author The Great Decoupling 2020

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@Sandbagger_01 Indeed. In reality a university course in intelligence studies is rarely a path to a career in intelligence.

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Who are the Makerfield constituents that could choose the next PM? I suppose it’s too much to hope for that the Official Monster Raving Loony Party might take the seat… https://t.co/QQGYD4mBSo

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Greens’ Makerfield candidate wants farming to be ‘decolonised’. How depressing to think that taxpayers’ money is given to “academics” to teach this vacuous drivel https://t.co/MM4kY1sCLe

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@__Inty__ 既然如此，我们是否可以认为俄罗斯会停止对拥有独特文化的民主独立国家乌克兰的攻击？

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@dennisw5 Amen to that

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Green candidate suggested Israel was behind October 7 attacks. Care in the Community clearly isn’t working https://t.co/VCRX8D75Wu

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@SariArhoHavren Totally agree

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@joni_askola The best is the enemy of the good

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Morrisons manager sacked after 29 years ‘for tackling shoplifter’ Unbelievable. https://t.co/4FPpnrrejH

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@Sandbagger_01 This issue is a classic example of the displacement activity afflicting UK politics. Focus on short-term and ultimately trivial issues as a way of avoiding dealing with difficult long-term problems

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@Sandbagger_01 Vetting is not a straightforward pass/ fail issue: there is always room for discretion though the benefit of the doubt should always be exercised in favour of the national interest.

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Faisal Islam: Why the government is relaxed about Chinese car imports. All very well. But China is exporting older models with less range and performance than those sold on China. Consumers need to know that https://t.co/jkDIHvbq2F

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Chinese retailer takes on Amazon with same-day promise. Interesting. I wonder whether anyone in HMG has considered such issues as what protections there are for customer data and how these will be policed https://t.co/Wm6Hg0e9QS

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Trump learns that not everyone has a price via @FT. Indeed. Thucydides gives the drivers of conflict as fear, honour and advantage -φόβος, τιμή, ωφέλεια. All too often the importance of honour is under-appreciated.
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Iran war latest: Keir Starmer insists ‘this is not our conflict’. sadly, I don’t think the IRGC sees it that way https://t.co/jnkw653gn4

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@dennisw5 Well someone has to tell them that this has to be solved through dialogue: otherwise, how would they know?

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@edwardstrngr @alessionaval @JohnHealey_MP I think the person who most needs to internalise this message is the Chancellor of the Exchequer

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@fbermingham Or even the cojones

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@Sandbagger_01 Granted the FCO has like other government departments become risk-averse and process-driven. But good leadership can change that and there are people capable of providing the necessary leadership if given their heads.

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@Sandbagger_01 Penny wise, pound foolish as ever. Successive governments have failed to appreciate and play to the UK’s strengths.