Scott Birse

My demons can’t swim in whisky - but they do try. British Military Veteran, Mountain Bikes, Mod & Soul and the odd Craft Ale. UBIQUE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇱

[Scott Birse @scobir66]

@TheUCS473 Signed today….signatures increasing all the time 👍 Will share with my network

[Scott Birse @scobir66]

@CombatStress I am receiving support from @CombatStress, who have been fantastically supportive throughout. Thank you 🙏🏽

[Scott Birse @scobir66]

@TheUCS473 Travelling & listening to this BRILLIANT podcast. The Londonderry & Armagh piece is bringing back memories - great & bad. Was in both cities with Kev in ‘88. I’m also prejudiced in my views, but after listening to this, I’d look forward to visiting and seeing the changes.

[Scott Birse @scobir66]

@TheUCS473 Remember it well. Rehearsals seemed like chaos at the time, but went like clockwork when it mattered

[Scott Birse @scobir66]

As requested, I’ve sent a DM with account details. However, unless you can get an Engineer to NE Scotland, I’m not sure what you can do, but I’ll give you that chance.

[Scott Birse @scobir66]

Resorting to X as @OctopusEnergy can’t organise getting a battery changed in my gas meter. Been trying since February. Apparently there’s no engineers in NE Scotland 🤦‍♂️
Customer care is nonexistent.
@ofgem what do you advise I do? 🤷

[Scott Birse @scobir66]

@paulwellerHQ Was at Caird Hall, Dundee last night. Saw home here for the first time in 1979 with The Jam. Last was up there as the best I’ve seen. All The Pictures On The Walls has always been a favourite, and fantastic to hear live. Brilliant ✊

[Andrew Fox @Mr_Andrew_Fox]

The last 11 months

Enemies: attack Israel in appalling ways

Israel: puts boot on enemy’s throat

World, on enemy’s prompting: Israel, you should do a ceasefire

(Note: you don’t normally get to attack another country then demand a ceasefire when they kick your arse)

[Andrew Fox @Mr_Andrew_Fox]

Another morning spent with the IDF. Incredible insight and I’ll write an article about it later. One takeaway is that the “genocide” screechers are going to look embarrassingly silly when all this is over. Utterly detached from reality.

You only really need to understand 3 things about the war in Gaza:

1. 7th October. I don’t think the Israelis have made this clear enough. It’s been forgotten in the raging Hamas disinformation campaign that immediately followed it. I still think Israel should release the 47 minute video. It proves conclusively that their war in Gaza, and all the actions they have taken since, are justified both morally and from a national security perspective.

2. The hostages. Their taking complicates everything. Their presence constrains Israeli operations in targeting Hamas and places enormous internal pressure on Israel’s government to ceasefire in exchange for their return. They are the single biggest factor stopping Israel from achieving their war aim to dismantle Hamas.

3. The tunnels. They are under every inch of Gaza. They require simultaneous over- and underground manoeuvre. They are attached to every mosque, school, hospital. You cannot dismantle Hamas without dismantling the tunnels, and that is why the damage in Gaza is so massive. Blowing the tunnels damages what is above, but there’s no other way to do it.

Once you understand these three things, you understand this war. All else is just noise.

[Scott Birse @scobir66]

@TheUCS473 Another very interesting podcast 👍
Found the Hare Psychopathy Checklist a wee bit alarming….particularly how many I can relate to 😂

[Scott Birse @scobir66]

Enjoying a wonderful @RealHawkstone in Pitlochry, Highland Perthshire.
Cheers @JeremyClarkson 🍺🍺

[Scott Birse @scobir66]

As usual, well said sir.
Organisers also allowing the sale of “Pro-Hamas” merchandise.
Absolutely sickening @glastonbury

Idiots.

[Andrew Fox @Mr_Andrew_Fox]

Glastonbury festival v Nova festival.

Chanting genocidal slogans to protest an imaginary genocide aside, and the fact that “Palestine” hasn’t existed since 1948 and so there’s no “Palestine” to “free”, the bone-crushing stupidity of “from the river to the sea” is what it means in practice.

That chant is saying “destroy Israel”. That’s the only possible interpretation. Israel is the only country in the world that has people chanting for its destruction.

Ok, take that position if you like, but that means Israel is in an existential fight: and it has a well-armed armed forces. And if you *really* want “Palestine” to be “free”, that’s only going to happen by force of arms.

And if you want to destroy a country, if you’re genuinely hell-bent on its destruction, all bets are off for that country to defend itself.

You think any country in the world wouldn’t fight tooth and nail against its own destruction? “From the river to the sea” is nothing more or less than a genocidal call for much, much more violence on both sides.

Idiots.

[Scott Birse @scobir66]

@Rogue_Gunner12 Me and my “Far Right” gang of British #hooligans returning from Op Granby Gulf War I April 1991 🇬🇧✊

[Scott Birse @scobir66]

@TheUCS473 Remember Trimble on Op Granby, a very early GPS that had us “weaving” across the desert!
Managed to navigate effectively using dead reckoning, stars & antennas on our Spartan as a rudimentary compass. Agree, basic navigation skills are essential

[Scott Birse @scobir66]

@jillwebb2005 Strange Town

Have You Ever Had It Blue?

Friday Street

[Scott Birse @scobir66]

@WellerFanPod @paulwellerHQ Listened to the interview the day before #66 was released - brilliant podcast. Listened to my green vinyl yesterday for probably more times than is healthy, now listening to your interview again to understand more of this fantastic album. Keep up the great work Dan (..and Paul)

[Scott Birse @scobir66]

@MilitaryBanter Awarded 14 days ROP’s in 1984 for damaging a lamppost in Bergen / Hohne while pissed 🤷‍♂️……then getting arrested by the local Polizei at gun point and handed over to the RMP.
All things considered, I won watch there!!!

[Scott Birse @scobir66]

@OliLondonTV Another bunch of absolute 🤡’s

[Scott Birse @scobir66]

@OliLondonTV Yeh, that’ll make a difference 🤦‍♂️ absolute 🤡’s