The past few days has vividly exposed ‘Global Britain’ as a vapid PR exercise.
We have totally abdicated our moral authority on the world stage.
Cruel Britannia rules the waves - and there’s no space on our ship for desperate people fleeing war.
@shaunwalker7 American tank mechanic here. Some advice.
Tanks are bad at urban combat. They need infantry support. Without boots on ground they're just big targets with poor visibility. Rifles should aim for the periscopes, but most importantly the sight unit on top of the turret.
Don’t bring Ireland into an argument trying to justify and unjustifiable war.
Ireland/U.K. are an example of how 2 countries, with a difficult past, found a way to shape and sustain a peace process, guaranteeing an absence of violence. @dfatirl
German TV has just reported on the Tories‘ Russia problem. Hundreds of oligarchs with links to Putin have paid millions to get citizenship and have donated millions to the Tories. Their black money is laundered in London where city bankers profit. Johnson does next to nothing
NEW: Rishi Sunak has received a questionnaire from Met Police as part of 'partygate' investigation.
The Chancellor was present at the PM's birthday party in Cabinet Room on 19 June, 2020. He has previously claimed he was on his way to a Covid meeting.
We’re so dumb in this country we didn’t even look. We’re so dumb it was locked by *a man who would be a subject of investigation himself*. Johnson is utterly compromised. His actions clearly demonstrate he’s an active national security threat. And he’s let down Ukraine utterly
In some interesting news from Germany, BILD are refusing to show Schalke's Russian shirt sponsor Gazprom in their paper or on their website, instead replacing the logo with a "Freedom for Ukraine" message
"The government have actively avoided looking for evidence Russia interfered."
The Intelligence & Security Committee's Stewart Hosie says the government didn't investigate alleged Russian interference in the Brexit vote and no-one wanted to touch this "with a ten-foot pole".