I am going to push back on you:
Here are the top 5 threats that as a rear admiral I briefed NATO and our @UKLabour government in 2006 and in public, for which we had to make adequate provision:
1, Uncontrolled migration from North Africa and the Middle East.
2. Returning belligerent Russia.
3. Rapidly rising China.
4. 20, 000 geographically dispersed jihadists (became Islamic State).
5. Collapse of the free world middle class in the face of globalisation and technology.
It pissed off the politicians and got me a career-ending interview with my boss.
I have been observing the British defence establishment closely for 25 years. The closest any senior person got to thinking truly strategically and speaking honestly was Chris Parry. He got fired. In war it’s perfectly fine to lie to your enemy—recommended, in fact—but it’s suicidal to lie to yourself. Which is all we’ve done for a generation.
No one cares about imperialism or colonization or mass murder or genocide or slaughter
Genghis Khan killed 10% of the world's population, and he is on the Mongolian currency and has countless statues
They even named an airport after him
No one nags them
They just hate Whites
This Pakistani man ran a brutal grooming gang ring.
He kept girls locked in dog cages, killed girls via heroine injection and kept aborted fetuses in freezers.
The UK government released him after 14 years and say he can't be deported.
His name is Shabir Ahmed.
@RealSamMelia Drips with inauthenicity.
To my mind, aesthetically, it's better to have something that is the thing it's supposed to be than a pretender.
Might be why I love my oak worktops but hate my 'oak' flooring, now I think of it.
I am both humbled and thrilled to have been asked by @RupertLowe to be Restore Britain’s spokesman on National Security.
The security and defence of the nation, the British people, our overseas territories, and our interests at home and abroad is perhaps the most important task in British politics.
The appalling neglect of our defence and the erosion of our policing and border security over decades makes the task all the more crucial and urgent.
In formulating national security policy and coordinating relevant parts of our defence, policing, borders, and foreign policies, amongst others, I will ensure @RestoreBritain delivers the gold standard when it comes to keeping the British people safe. No other standard is acceptable.
@chatswithem Kind of proves the point that it's the sun doing it.
On days the suns out it was abominable hot.
On days you couldn't see it, you might want a cardigan.
Annoyingly most of those 'cloudy' days it was kind of both, like today.