Phil Botley

Foreign Policy and History

[Phil Botley @PhilBotley]

@specialopsmag @Aviation_Intel - a rare sighting of 'those' Neptune Spear Blackhawks perhaps?

[Lancashire Cricket @lancscricket]

Ready to represent the Rose in 2026. 💪😍

🌹 #RedRoseTogether

[Reuters @Reuters]

Ukraine welcomed home 200 prisoners of war in its latest swap with Russia, including troops captured during the 2022 siege of Mariupol, and expects a second, larger phase of the exchange soon https://t.co/QcYSXvyTTc

[Fell Top Assessors @LakesWeather]

Quick tour of Helvellyn summit today, thawing to summit level but still widespread snow + ice from mid levels up! ⚠️ Crampons and axe recommended on all routes 🏔️⛏️ Paddy

@Sportiva @Petzl #PureMountain #SummitSafely #beadventuresmart

[Fell Top Assessors @LakesWeather]

Hopefully helpful to see more of the ‘beaut of a day’ ☀️in the Lakes. From Scafell Pike unusually! 🥶Similar conditions underfoot for Wed but with high winds and less sun! Crampons, microspikes, Ice axe needed on steeper ground 💪 Jim
#BeAdventureSmart
@lakedistrictnpa

[Fell Top Assessors @LakesWeather]

☀️🏔️’A stunner of a day!’🏔️☀️ Blue skies but bitterly cold am from Scafell Pike. 🥶Full conditions report now available at https://t.co/gFXSMe5tmS Jim
@Sportiva
@Petzl
#ScafellPike

[Nathalie Tocci @NathalieTocci]

How institutions die …

[Helen Thompson POLIS @HelenHet20]

It was an absolute pleasure to roam around the western hemisphere, the 1890s, China, oil, and debt with @amolrajan for his Radical podcast.
https://t.co/DFKCDIwppN

[Phil Botley @PhilBotley]

@shashj I assume we have thought about what if we deploy all Winter Warfare troops westwards (for an extended period of time) to stop the US takeover of Greenland, thus leaving the eastern flank exposed, what that means re Baltics & Nordics vis a vis Russia?

[Fell Top Assessors @LakesWeather]

Full winter conditions prevail on the high #lakedistrict fells. Crampons & ice axe essential for safe & enjoyable adventures #summitsafely #beadventuresmart #lakeswinter #Helvellyn #winterskills
Conditions report at https://t.co/rciK1bYKw9 Zac

[Nathalie Tocci @NathalieTocci]

Europe’s moral compass

[Wanted in Rome @wantedinrome]

View over Rome from the Ludovisi district

[Timothy Garton Ash @fromTGA]

My conversation with @gideonrachman ; & another w Fiona Hill, Margaret MacMillan, Rana Mitter & Anand Menon.. https://t.co/VDSQCipPeh

[Hanna Notte @HannaNotte]

It has a cover!

WE SHALL OUTLAST THEM tells the story of how Russia has reinvented itself on the global stage since February 2022—to try to outlast the West in a struggle over Ukraine and over global order:
https://t.co/O3kQVtZDAq

🧵 /1

[Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957]

31 October 1973. 1st episode of the 26-part classic ITV documentary series World at War was broadcast. It was narrated by Laurence Olivier with music by Carl Davies. It cost ��900,000 (worth £11 million today).

[Phil Botley @PhilBotley]

RT @lancscricket: Arise, Sir James Anderson! 🤩👏

A special day for @jimmy9 as he received his knighthood from Princess Anne today at Windso…

[United Nations Geneva @UNGeneva]

#FlashbackFriday to 24 October 1945, when the #UN Charter came into force, marking the official birth of the United Nations.

Since then, 24 October has been celebrated as #UNDay, a reminder of our shared commitment to peace, rights & cooperation worldwide.

#UN80

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

Who could have guessed that sending a load of English nationalists to tell Welsh people how to vote would end in defeat?