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Ex RN - submariner. Hampshire UK - God's country.

[Real Ale @RealAle479346]

@Iromg 12 followers. Presumably 6 in Iran, 6 in Russia!

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@campbellclaret Look mate. You are a war criminal! Everyone who was there in 2003, following the 'dodgy dossier rubbish' now understands. 179 UK Service personnel deaths are on you not @ZiaYusufUK . So shut up & back under the rock where you belong!

[Real Ale @RealAle479346]

@Khaledhzakariah Try telling that to the relatives of the 179 UK Service personnel. Should be difficult. I guess you never served. Therefore perhaps a little respect should be in order.

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@campbellclaret Question time @ZiaYusufUK Own it!

[The English Crusader @andrewc44104127]

Corporal Russell Aston was due home from Iraq the following month. Instead, he and five fellow Royal Military Policemen were killed while carrying out a routine visit to an Iraqi police station, leaving behind his wife and their 17-month-old daughter.

Born on 27 May 1973, Russell joined the British Army in 1993, initially serving with the Grenadier Guards. A keen athlete, he qualified as a physical training instructor and was recognised as Best Physical Training Cadet. His military career also took him to Northern Ireland, Macedonia and Kenya.

In March 2001, Russell joined the Royal Military Police serving with 156 Provost Company. During the Iraq War in 2003, he deployed on Operation TELIC 1, serving with C Section in support of the 1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment battle group in Maysan Province.

The Royal Military Policemen were helping to rebuild the local Iraqi police service, visiting police stations and advising officers on training and equipment.

On the morning of 24 June 2003, Russell and five colleagues travelled to Al Majarr al-Kabir in southern Iraq as part of their duties.

Between approximately 10:30 and 11:00 am, armed men stormed the police station. The six soldiers attempted to take refuge in a storeroom, but were shot and killed.

Russell was just 30 years old. A subsequent inquest ruled that all six men had been unlawfully killed.

Only three days earlier, Russell had spoken to his wife, Anna, for the final time. Their daughter, Paygan, was just 17 months old, and he had been looking forward to returning home in July.

Away from his military duties, Russell was remembered for his generosity, sense of humour and devotion to his family. He once ran 31 miles to raise money for football kit for young players at Gresley Rovers.

His funeral took place at St Mary's Church, Coton-in-the-Elms, Derbyshire, on 16 July 2003. A memorial to him stands in the churchyard, and his name also lives on through the Russell Aston Home for Veterans.

Remembering:

Corporal Russell Caswell Aston
25027534
156 Provost Company, Royal Military Police
Operation TELIC 1 – Iraq War
Died 24 June 2003, aged 30

Lest We Forget.

[Real Ale @RealAle479346]

@campbellclaret @libdemdaisy @ZiaYusufUK Look mate, you know that you should be in the Hague, we know that there are 179 reasons for you to be there, you know that Zia has called you out - own it!

[Real Ale @RealAle479346]

@News24Aust It won't be easy with Albenese. You were warned. Time to own it I'm afraid!

[Real Ale @RealAle479346]

@JDWitherspoons Crikey, I'll bet you did not expect this. Idiot on the door, still employed?

[Real Ale @RealAle479346]

@JDWitherspoons Oh dear. Looks like a Gerald Ratner moment unless this is gripped quickly.

[TheIrishWatchdog @WatchdogTh96012]

Witherspoons. FAFO. Spend your money elsewhere. #Wethersppons #UK #poppyBan

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@gbnews Watching at 2215. Good show with balanced views. Then Benjamin Butterbrain spouts anti-UK rubbish again! Switched off TV, you really need to get a grip.

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@UKLabour @andyburnham One for you tiny andy for your conference speech! Oh no, thought not. How about bar snacks?

[Bjorn Lomborg @BjornLomborg]

Currently, batteries can power the US for less than 18 minutes

To avoid blackouts, solar and wind need months of storage, costing trillions

Fossil fuels don't need storage because they are their own storage

Sources: Solar or wind alone needs nearly 3 months of storage (22.4% of the annual energy consumption for solar and 24.9% for wind)
https://t.co/i8NGYKPmJB

https://t.co/SmHPnYr5Xu, https://t.co/Gtg0bAOVkO, https://t.co/4TnfFwTLAt, https://t.co/zbZOrlSloJ, https://t.co/b0uldJzCXR, https://t.co/GKGsd91xqy, https://t.co/VnJwHcQdi7, https://t.co/sXUJH3sJUx, https://t.co/uG5QaYZX7h, https://t.co/oonqzzJHs5, https://t.co/y4zCZNFWik, https://t.co/MNycr9DGtc, https://t.co/ialKGoCNdk, https://t.co/BRyYncpY8A

[Bjorn Lomborg @BjornLomborg]

Currently, batteries can power the US for less than 18 minutes

To avoid blackouts, solar and wind need months of storage, costing trillions

Fossil fuels don't need storage because they are their own storage

Sources: Solar or wind alone needs nearly 3 months of storage (22.4% of the annual energy consumption for solar and 24.9% for wind)
https://t.co/i8NGYKPmJB

https://t.co/SmHPnYr5Xu, https://t.co/Gtg0bAOVkO, https://t.co/4TnfFwTLAt, https://t.co/zbZOrlSloJ, https://t.co/b0uldJzCXR, https://t.co/GKGsd91xqy, https://t.co/VnJwHcQdi7, https://t.co/sXUJH3sJUx, https://t.co/uG5QaYZX7h, https://t.co/oonqzzJHs5, https://t.co/y4zCZNFWik, https://t.co/MNycr9DGtc, https://t.co/ialKGoCNdk, https://t.co/BRyYncpY8A

[Real Ale @RealAle479346]

@News24Aust It won't be easy with Albanese - you were warned. wear it!

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@MikeTappTweets To ask you what you had for breakfast perhaps?

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@EdwardJDavey Post Office Scandal you Cretin!

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@christopherhope Unlike your good self, I'm afraid - a left wing @UKLabour supporting legend!

[Real Ale @RealAle479346]

@UniteSharon @theipaper How is this for an idea. Tell your @UKLabour friends to ditch the Net Zero madness, this will reduce energy prices & save what is left of UK industry, which employs your members. Simple plan, surprised you haven't thought of it!

[Real Ale @RealAle479346]

@MikeTappTweets All very well I'm sure but ..... 'what did you have for breakfast?' It is the only time you make any sense!

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@News24Aust It won't be easy with Albanese! Don't say you were not warned!

[Real Ale @RealAle479346]

Next stop the UK. Thank you @UKLabour Warning from @SecRubio

[Kosher @koshercockney]

THIS is a leader that knows what’s happening.

“The left-wing destroyed Venezuela. The left-wing destroyed Cuba. The left-wing destroyed Nicaragua. The left-wing has destroyed every country they've gotten ahold of in the hemisphere.”

[Real Ale @RealAle479346]

Russian asset from day 1!

[Visegrád 24 @visegrad24]

Angela Merkel has commented on the AfD’s big win in Saxony-Anhalt.

She says that her “heart is bleeding” and that the AfD is growing because there aren’t any “fact-based debates” in modern politics and that feelings now dominate instead.

She warned that the election in Saxony-Anhalt was “a turning point for Germany” and also stated that it was the progress of the Enlightenment that allowed humanity as a whole to agree on facts.

She argued that that if feelings are now allowed to take supremacy and facts are no longer valued as the most important thing, “that would be a step backward for civilization.”

She didn’t say anything about the ramifications her decision to open Europe’s borders in 2015 has had for European civilization…