Fred Harbottle

Defence and security professional with extensive UK & SE Asian experience. Apolitical. Views are all mine & hopefully courteous to others.

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@BBCJustinR @Ed_Miliband @peterkyle AI has its place but to reach net zero targets, surely we must limit the use of AI due to the huge energy consumed in the increased data storage? Also 500ml clean of water for each Chat GPT request! AI & Bitcoin could wipeout net zero efforts.

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@FrankRGardner You may be interested in this wheelchair that enables the user to stay in the seat in transit to & on the aircraft. https://t.co/m9QJgZ2PYJ The inventor is an ex Australian Navy TP & we are working with him on a new drone system https://t.co/BdOaNlCHr5 Thoughts?

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@jonnyfm13 @afneil @MailOnline That is exactly what is happening. No longer a Country led by the Daily Mail.

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@fredzannarbor @gregbagwell Yet the US did get involved when Ukraine decided to denuclearise based on Russian, US and UK security guarantees. It was important then and it is even more important now.

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@frankie171717 @efe_edwards @KemiBadenoch Churchill succeeded Chamberlin in 1940 and formed a war cabinet. He later proposed to call for a general election in Parliament, which passed with a majority vote less than two months after WW2 , not during hostilities.

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@GerardMcClosk17 @gemmajo16860172 @afneil Agreed, I was a fan but now his credibility is shot to pieces. He is about as fake as his hairline. Such a shame.

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@HHepplewhite @campbellclaret @Nigel_Farage We have an election every 5 years or so; can I not change my mind in your ‘democracy’? It is now 8 years since the 2016 UKExit vote.

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@Lindstar24 @howeboo @Good_Old_Blakey It was the loose reference to thousands more not counted which gives a false impression and should be discredited.

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@Lindstar24 @howeboo @Good_Old_Blakey Exactly my point.

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@Good_Old_Blakey @Lindstar24 And you have the facts on that do you?

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@howeboo @Good_Old_Blakey @Lindstar24 13.500 returned.

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@RoryStewartUK May I suggest that the UK/EU/NSTO do not want to give Putin more reason to show his people that the West are trying to encroach ever close to their territory. He would bill our involvement as an aggressive act. We should assist but must tread carefully.

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@narindertweets I agree. She was also credible with @bbclaurak on Sunday. I’m not her biggest fan but credit where it is due. Darren Jones is also starting to impress as he did on the select committee.

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@ellie_hen @aubreystrobel Respect and dignity are much deeper qualities which manifest from actions and altruistic deeds. Are you saying these are qualities observed in your next POTUS? Hmmm!

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@aubreystrobel For him to dress in a suit would assume he has staff to waste their time on preparing special clothing and multiple changes for these trips. All his citizens are liable for duty at the front line and many are dying. He is leading his people in his own style - very successfully.

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@KirstieMAllsopp Understood Kirstie, but the crime here is that no-one in authority clipped the wings of this barrow-boy earlier in his Tv career. They must have seen this but failed to act, thereby failing those women and ‘the accused’ himself. Set the rules early and that becomes the culture.

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@ToryWipeout The purchase of farmland for tax avoidance has pushed up land prices, taking more genuine farmers into IHT. Meanwhile, those investment landowners will still get 20% discount on IHT. Why not get them to pay in full and leave genuine farmers out of IHT? Same income for HMG.

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@Iromg Perhaps he aims to ensure that all of the Cabinet speak with authority and unity? Rather than rambling & shooting from the hip, like Boris, he aims to plan & manage our way to a better solution. Imitating to fill needs while training the next generation of locals for the future.

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@SimonFoxWriter It’s not the PM who is suggesting this, it is people within the Labour Party. They seemingly liked Sunak’s policy on conscription.

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@BGatesIsaPyscho So is your solution to bring back the previous failed series of failed politicians? Relax and let’s see if stability returns, the NHS improves and there are less poor people of all ages. If not, you will get a chance to make changes at the next election.