Richard Kear

Health & Safety of British Politics, Tory, brexiteer & 22 years in the RAF. Love a debate & expect to be challenged to improve myself. Born n bred Leeds Utd fan

[Richard Kear @RichardKear]

@1963Canuck @defense_civil25 You do realise that were you to withdraw from NATO, all your European bases would close, your forces would return home and be drastically reduced due to no need. Now you have an additional million or so unemployed people. Plus the income of several states would be destroyed

[Richard Kear @RichardKear]

Is NATO past its sell by date? After all, if article 5 is so subjective that any member can choose whether to support or not, then what is the point.

Radical idea, but if Putin isn’t fearful of NATO, then why have US bases in European countries? After all, where is the benefit?

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@DipDianne @afneil He only made it clearer after he was advised that he’d royally fucked up

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To those telling Zelensky to give up fighting, what have you got to say to Putin, the leader who started this war and the one leader who’s still not called for peace? He’s demanding Ukraine hands him territory that he’s still not occupied, as a pre-condition for simply participating in negotiations.

[Richard Kear @RichardKear]

@BarristersHorse @ShepherdWales The real winners are the quiet ones - China.

Russia is a spent economy with half its military depleted.

The NATO alliance is barely an alliance with big brother stomping off in a huff.

Meanwhile the Middle East is in turmoil.

Could this be China’s perfect storm?

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@ShepherdWales @BarristersHorse As a life long Tory, I can’t believe I’m actually agreeing with some of what Starmer says - it’s time to stop the world so I can get off 🤪

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@Iromg You mean his plan to gain a Nobel peace prize whilst lying about Ukraine (ie who invaded who) meanwhile his tariffs are now adversely hitting Wall Street but hey, your hero can do no wrong!

Also your interview this morning with the Ukraine opp MP didn’t align with your script.

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@catturd2 Absolute claptrap - he’s not sending anyone anywhere. This hasn’t even been debated in Parliament. Stop with the scaremongering!

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@Jessrocks71 @GPI159 @GBNEWS Could be that the only thing Trump is interested in is himself. He’s annoyed because he announced to the world he’d sort the Ukraine war within weeks of taking office with the sole goal of a Nobel.
Even as a lost Tory, I disagree with the Trump approach - mainly due to his lies.

[Richard Kear @RichardKear]

@Britt7766716392 You do realise the King would have been asked to do this by the UK Govt? Our beloved late Queen often met people she wouldn’t want to have been in the same room as e.g. Idi Amin. This is all part of the diplomacy circus and as per usual the King will not voice his opinion.

[Barrister's Horse @BarristersHorse]

I'm not sure you'll all think Trump is a political genius when millions of Ukrainians flee the failed state, heading into Europe & we'll be expected to take hundreds of thousands more refugees?

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@BarristersHorse We’re more likely to see Ed Davies on strictly come dancing partnered with Kemi Badenoch - obviously with a BBC chaperone.

Trump has just told Putin that he has won

[Richard Kear @RichardKear]

@CynicalPublius You really are a fuckwit 😂

[Richard Kear @RichardKear]

@LindseyGrahamSC @BrugesGroup Well we can’t count on the US - unless it’s the last minute when the war is already won? #1917

[Barrister's Horse @BarristersHorse]

Ultimately Trump bragged that ending the Ukraine war would be the easiest deal, done in a day. It made him desperate to deal, any deal, so as not to lose face.

Now he's left the door open to China to step in as arbitrator & deal maker - a more experienced and wily regime, always on the lookout for resources.

[Richard Kear @RichardKear]

Just to point out to the Trump fanbase - the only innocent lives being lost are those from Ukraine.

Whilst the MAGA crowd believes yesterday was a star performance - the world has now seen Trump as a basic schoolboy bully.

#SlavaUkraini

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@RodDMartin You do realise the US needs NATO or do you want to shrink back into your own little world 😂

[Richard Kear @RichardKear]

@PressSec You mean embarrassing the American people?

As a Brit - what your boys did yesterday was shameful and for you to promote them, well, it lacks class.

#SlavaUkraini

[Richard Kear @RichardKear]

@Jessrocks71 @JuliaHB1 You don’t think this was staged by the White House - they set Zelenskyy up to embarrass him. Regardless of your politics, if you invite a world leader to your house, you do not behave like this. Sadly the only winner out of this is Putin.
Still following you Jess. X