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Appreciate the young cats who are running the Despatch radio station. Beautiful shit.
Russia probably doesn't even know who Starmer is! Certainly not someone relevant enough to put the frighteners on.
Always the easy option to blame the Russians. They could despatch him in an instant, if they really wanted to.
If you believe that guff, you'd believe anything.
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Anybody who’s saw Dan Jarvis at the Despatch Box in his first outing as Defence Secretary on Monday, or in his previous role as Security Minister, won’t be surprised by his avoidance of questions at NATO.
This NATO summit, coupled with Starmer’s authority evaporating in real-time over the next 48hrs, could do irreparable damage to our standing within the alliance.
Britain's new defence secretary has, after reading preprepared remarks to press, unfortunately, walked away from answering press questions at NATO HQ in stark contrast to most defence ministers that have arrived so far.
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#OTD in 1815
The Battle of Waterloo was fought
A despatch from the Duke of Wellington described the events
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Watch Pauline Hanson despatch a lefty journalist from The Guardian.
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Look at the pattern.
On Sky or at the despatch box, Tapp presents himself as the sober grown‑up: no “running commentary” on Trump, careful diplomacy, total faith in Starmer’s judgement, always above the fray.
On X, he plays the hyper‑loyal lieutenant, defending the line and attacking anyone who suggests Labour is divided.
Then, in a private room with wine glasses clinking, he is recorded lending support to Wes Streeting’s leadership manoeuvres – and when challenged, he simply pretends it didn’t happen until the audio makes denial impossible.
That is not careful diplomacy; it is calculated dishonesty.
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