Strategic Defence Initiatives

SDIUK
England based. defence, security & veterans lawfare analysis & parliamentary lobbying

[Strategic Defence Initiatives @StratDefIntUK]

EU's mechanisms for defence & industrial collaboration/SAFE, are still based on peacetime processes designed for a different age which is now GONE
@JohnHealey_MP
@KemiBadenoch
@EdwardJDavey
@jcartlidgemp
@JamesMacCleary
@LincolnJopp
@Jesse_Norman
@haynesdeborah @onedecisionpod

[Conservatives @Conservatives]

We are living in an extremely dangerous world.


But John Healey’s resignation letter revealed that Starmer and Reeves are refusing to properly fund our military.

It’s time to cut welfare spending to fund our defence.

@TomTugendhat

[Tom Tugendhat @TomTugendhat]

The PM asked the Defence Secretary and Minister of the Armed Forces to preside over the death of the @RoyalNavy and they both said, “no”.

[BBC Newsnight @BBCNewsnight]

"There's no point me having a glamorous, comfortable retirement if the country that I bequeath to my children is at great military risk"

General Sir Richard Barrons says he would "release the triple lock in order to put more money back into things like defence."

#Newsnight

[Al Carns @AlistairCarns]

Cheers David. The veterans you represent deserve a government that stands by them. I'll keep fighting for them from the backbenches, just as I did in office.

The Troubles Bill must be fixed 🫡🫡

[The Spectator @spectator]

John Healey's letter resigning as Defence Secretary set out a damning indictment of the Government's inability and unwillingness "to commit the resources that the nation needs to defend the country at this time of rising threats."

Al Carns's resignation as Armed Forces Minister, only a few hours later, powerfully reinforced this point and opened up a second political front, robustly attacking the Government's approach to Northern Ireland legacy cases. The attack was fully warranted and a sharp change in approach to legacy cases needs to be introduced now.

✍️ Richard Ekins

Article | https://t.co/pwXXhrA0rp

[Al Carns @AlistairCarns]

@dinosaurcola Survived 25 years of military operations. Defeated by Microsoft Word. Classic.

[The Spectator @spectator]

While Sir Keir Starmer carries on as if his premiership isn't burning to the ground, Al Carns took to the morning media round today to offer up some home truths.

Fresh from quitting his gig as a defence minister, Carns finally said the quiet bit — in Labour circles, at least — out loud: the Prime Minister is prioritising handouts over keeping the country safe.

✍️ Steerpike

Article | https://t.co/2u55obP7YX

[LBC @LBC]

'We're fighting each other rather than getting behind the nation.'

@NickFerrariLBC asks @AlistairCarns all the details following his and John Healey's resignations from government.

[Strategic Defence Initiatives @StratDefIntUK]

The truth ✌️

@bernardjenkin @BenWallace70 @BenObeseJecty @LincolnJopp @Jesse_Norman @ThreshedThought @DavidDavisMP @TomTugendhat @David__Reed @DanJarvisMBE @LukePollard @JohnHealey_MP @jcartlidgemp @larisamlbrown @InstituteGC @theresa_may @GordonBrown @marksedwill @BrookingsInst

[Strategic Defence Initiatives @StratDefIntUK]

The truth ✌️

@bernardjenkin @BenWallace70 @BenObeseJecty @LincolnJopp @Jesse_Norman @ThreshedThought @DavidDavisMP @TomTugendhat @David__Reed @DanJarvisMBE @LukePollard @JohnHealey_MP @jcartlidgemp @larisamlbrown @InstituteGC @theresa_may @GordonBrown @marksedwill @BrookingsInst

[Al Carns @AlistairCarns]

The next war won't be won by armies, navies or air forces alone.

It'll be won by the country whose 19 year olds can code, whose factories can build drones in weeks not years, and whose grid stays on when someone tries to switch it off.

Industry. Society. Economy. That's the fight now.

We're not ready. And we're not being honest about what getting ready will cost.

[Giulia Costantini @Costant11Giulia]

Servicemen and servicewomen were sent to NI to defend the State and the public. The question now is whether Government and Parliament will defend them. #protectveterans @SASRegiment

[Al Carns @AlistairCarns]

The next war won't be won by armies, navies or air forces alone.

It'll be won by the country whose 19 year olds can code, whose factories can build drones in weeks not years, and whose grid stays on when someone tries to switch it off.

Industry. Society. Economy. That's the fight now.

We're not ready. And we're not being honest about what getting ready will cost.

[Guido Fawkes @GuidoFawkes]

SAS Regimental Association Says Carns’ Resignation Proves Labour Troubles Bill Is “Fundamentally Flawed” https://t.co/VQKwcUL6Ec

[Strategic Defence Initiatives @StratDefIntUK]

This is leadership.

[Strategic Defence Initiatives @StratDefIntUK]

This is leadership.

[Al Carns @AlistairCarns]

Let’s start thinking BIG as the world becomes even more dangerous.

[Strategic Defence Initiatives @StratDefIntUK]

@AlistairCarns 100% Correct ✅
Come back stronger! Think National Resilience
Lessons of Battle
Lessons of War
Military fights Battles
Country's fight Wars
@Keir_Starmer @KemiBadenoch @EdwardJDavey @DanJarvisMBE @jcartlidgemp @JamesMacCleary @haynesdeborah @TomCotterillX

[Strategic Defence Initiatives @StratDefIntUK]

@AlistairCarns 100% Correct ✅
Come back stronger! Think National Resilience
Lessons of Battle
Lessons of War
Military fights Battles
Country's fight Wars
@Keir_Starmer @KemiBadenoch @EdwardJDavey @DanJarvisMBE @jcartlidgemp @JamesMacCleary @haynesdeborah @TomCotterillX

[Al Carns @AlistairCarns]

Let’s start thinking BIG as the world becomes even more dangerous.

[Al Carns @AlistairCarns]

Let’s start thinking BIG as the world becomes even more dangerous.

[Al Carns @AlistairCarns]

Britain spent a decade choosing to be smaller in the world.

Right now the rules on communications, energy and trade are being rewritten. By China. By Russia. By countries that take their own security seriously. We need to be at that table. That's a choice we must make.

Strong countries get cheap energy. Weak countries pay whatever the strong ones decide.

[BBC Radio 4 Today @BBCr4today]

"We are fighting amongst each other to get more money to protect this nation."

Al Carns, who resigned last night as Armed Forces Minister over military funding, tells @amolrajan the government 'cannot bluff the taxpayer' over how money is spent on defence.