ex Intelligence Analyst | 🇬🇧 Veteran for Peace | @aspectsofwar | Historian | Doctoral Researcher | ex-Tory | Procrastinator | RT/❤️≠endorsement.
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15 Aug 2023
A very sad anniversary of a massive intelligence failure that did not prevent 29 innocent people and two unborn twins being killed by an evil group. My role in 1998 meant I was part of that failure to protect innocents; it haunts me to this day.
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Makes me wonder how many other establishment figures betrayed our country yet were never caught or, worse in my opinion, were let off and their callousness, greed, and selfishness covered up? Any royals amongst the traitors? I suspect so ...
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Just shows that any idiot can call themselves a king, give out made up awards and honours, and wear silly baubles.
Reminds me of our so-called royal family who started like this person, seizing land and claiming to be lords over us.
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Good - next step is to remove the bishops - there is no place for religion to be part of our law making in Britain. Is it just us and Iran that have religious appointees as part of their Parliament?
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Nonsense to me; Mandelson appointed by Starmer so ministers, SpAds, civil servants instructed to ensure the paperwork allowed appointment post decision
Vetting officer did job properly albeit overruled by PM's initial decision to appoint no matter what
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Back in the day PV was the equivalent of PV - Positive Vetting. EPV - Extra Positive Vetting - was above however scrapped circa 1996 due to the cost of getting and reviewing it annually.
Above DV is VRK and various code worded stuff to prevent even DV people having access.
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Crikey, even I managed to pass Developed Vetting - how badf must the info have been to fail DV?
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US: 'building rockets and landers with genuine urgency'
Europe: 'actively debating how deeply to engage.'
Difference between EU and US: inertia v innovation!
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How long does it take our PM to make a decision? I thought I was a procrastinator; Starmer takes procrastination to the next level and more!
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PIRA and INLA used to do this, hand cuffing the driver to the car with the RCIED and holding their family hostage at gun point, subjecting them all to violence and the threat of death, to force the driver to be a proxy bomb to kill and maim.
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No. The Putin invasion of Ukraine and Trump/Netanyahu war against Iran are not the precursors to a Third World War.
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In my opinion the right decision however for the wrong reasons - ministers should make these decisions based on what it best for Britain and not what is best for their opinion polling. As always, Starmer puts party before people.
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Should the Kurds in Iran trust the US and Israel to continue to support them if the Ayatollahs regime collapses?
I would suggest that they seek the advice of the Kurds in Syria for their observations on the fickle nature of US and Israeli support ...
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A sensible and thought provoking article.
Perhaps we need specialist private sector procurement rather than military/civil servants with little procurement experience, who will be in post two years max so can't be held to account when it all goes wrong?
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Are you sure @BBCNews that the despotic rulers of Saudi, UAE, etc don't want the US and Israel to bomb Iran? I think you will find they do, as part of the Sunni-Shia schism.
Once again religion at the root of death and destruction. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjrq…
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I wonder how many Brits are in the Middle East not paying UK taxes and now are insisting UK taxpayers evacuate them?
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Commendable that Jackson took responsibility for their actions and doesn't blame anyone else unlike today's civil servants, politicians, and royals who seem to get away with their failures and foibles.
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To support the combat troops we already have in Ukraine?
#SAS
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So the FCA have prosecuted some Z listers. When will they - and Ofcom/HMRC - go after the A listers who abuse the rules with seeming impunity?
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The export opportunities are sending them overseas to be recycled as scrap metal.
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The Ministry of Defence says it has said that it has made "significant progress" in exploring export opportunities linked to the Challenger 3 tank programme, but has declined to provide further detail. Click image for more.
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