🚨"I don't think I could even shake his hand."
Falklands hero Simon Weston attacks potential Labour leadership contender @AlistairCarns for his lack of "moral courage" in standing up for veterans.
@PhilipIngMBE | @SimonWestonCBE
🚨"It's an absurdity and arrogance by somebody who knows nothing and wants to appear to know everything."
Green Party leader Zack Polanski "naively" says he would seek to build a relationship with Vladimir Putin if he took power.
@PhilipIngMBE | @TomSharpe134 | @ZackPolanski
💥Four years on, Ukraine is STILL standing strong.
Putin is losing this war badly. Russia is losing men faster than they can recruit, around 40,000 a month.
"If Russia stops fighting, there will be no war; if Ukraine stops fighting, there will be no Ukraine."
@CormacS63
🚨@BorisJohnson backs our letter calling for 5% of GDP on defence.
Britain’s armed forces lack the mass, readiness and resilience needed to produce a credible deterrent in an era of intensifying threats.
Public concern is surging. Let's deter now before it's too late.
No Mr Farage you cant just turn up at sensitive military bases either in the UK or abroad. No MP can - no matter what Party you represent. We don’t do open days around the trident warhead or open house for the SAS either. @bbc@thetimes@Telegraph
@policylaila Sorry Laila, no MP can visit without pre clearance. It is a serious Military base which does serious work. It doesn’t need a pub bore like Nigel ( who didn’t even appoint a defence spokesperson this week) performing MAGA stunts.
Britain lacks the mass, readiness and resilience needed to produce a credible deterrent.
Defence On The Brink's letter to Keir Starmer calling for defence spending to be doubled to 5% of GDP.
This is our 1936 moment.
@cosminDZS Hi Cosmin, I work as a producer at Talk in London. I was wondering if I could DM you about covering this story about the school shooting in Canada?
🚨Putin's drone force is BIGGER than the entire British Army. 87,000 unmanned systems troops compared to a total of 70,300 troops in the Army.
"Definitely concerning. Our allies should be coming to Ukraine and learning from us."
Ukrainian soldier & former drone pilot @dim0kq
🚨"I don't understand how ANY veteran can be in Starmer's cabinet after these revelations have come out and STILL hold their head high!"
Starmer's own words... Use the ECHR to prosecute British troops. Triggering years of war crimes probes on heroes. Disgraceful.
@PhilipIngMBE
Defence and security issues are kept off the radar of voters.
For over 30 years, the public debate has been centered around increased spending on health and education, with defence as the sacrificial lamb.
It's the reason Defence On The Brink exists!
🚨 Former Head of MI6 Sir Richard Dearlove calls for "conscription" in Britain in order to boost troop numbers.
"We need to follow the Polish example and increase expenditure to 5%.
"The whole of the British Armed Forces could fit into the Manchester United football stadium."
"Trump inviting Putin onto his 'so-called' Board of Peace is ABSOLUTE MADNESS."
Putin's responsible for some of the most horrific war crimes against Ukraine, such as the Bucha massacre.
In Trump's world, peace is transactional, with a $1bn price tag.
@CormacS63
Zelensky delivering some home truths.
NATO's rhetoric does NOT match its actions.
£28bn shortfall in the MoD.
Without the funds, how can we even begin to implement the Strategic Defence Review?
🚨 "Trump operates as a bully. His camp has become a threat and adversary of NATO.
"We are at the first point, since the 1940s, where you have a US Government that does NOT see Europe as an ally."
International Politics Professor @ScottLucas_EA