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@wildwildwind.bsky.social

Proud Brit, no independence notions. Green Party are laudable but head-in-clouds, lacking defence measures needed for national security. Cat/cartoon avatars mean you won't be taken seriously. You'll be lucky to get Warhol's 15 minutes at most.

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Adam Bienkov
@adambienkov.bsky.social

Why are the people who accuse those talking about reversing Brexit of "living in the past" never asked about their own plans to rip up an international agreement that was first signed by the UK some 75 years ago?

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@wildwildwind.bsky.social

Tяump like mentality, 'Netanyahu has authorised Israeli diplomats to move toward supporting Argentina’s Falkland Islands claim, short of full recognition, in response to British sanctions on West Bank settlements.' Whatever you think about the FI, Netanyahu's insincerity is clear.

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Adam Bienkov
@adambienkov.bsky.social

What is the BBC's justification for maintaining this level of coverage of Reform now it has slipped into third place?

Alex Andreou@sturdyalex.bsky.social

BBC News just interrupted its coverage to go, live, to Nigel Farage - a man with no contitutional standing in our setup - responding to the budget - a document which nobody has seen yet. WHY

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@wildwildwind.bsky.social

According to Faisal Islam: 'The link between gas and electricity prices has weakened, meaning spikes in gas... have less impact on electricity bills than they used to ...' I hope that to be correct. Correlation between gas & electricity needs to end forever IMO. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.ukHealey’s Budget needs to sustain the stronger economy through gathering cloudsThe economic is positive now but come January things could become trickier for the Labour government

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Peter Stefanovic
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social

'Leaving the European Union was the biggest act of economic self harm any country has ever committed' Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, told #BBCBreakfast Andy Burnham 'is spot on' about having an "honest discussion" ove the prospect of returning to free movement between the UK and European Union

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Prem Sikka
@premnsikka.bsky.social

Insolvency scam The boss of twice-bust business back despite £3m debts. These people gut a company, HMRC and creditors not paid. Then buy assets cheaply from the administrator in pre-packs, and back in business. Gone on for decades. No transparency of administrator dealings. No investigation.

theguardian.comThe boss whose twice-bust business appears to be back despite £3m debtsAndrew Woosnam took millions from his companies before leaving creditors including HMRC out of pocket
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@wildwildwind.bsky.social

Defence and arms are not a nice subject. 'Britain needs to be ready for war in 1,000 days, according to the defence secretary.' Ok, you can argue that there's political rhetoric at play. But, to argue the Russian threats aren't real means you're naive and you've got your head in the clouds! IMO

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Peter Stefanovic
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social

“The evidence is really clear in terms of 20% down in exports to the EU, 16,000 businesses no longer exporting to the EU, it has been the red tape on the EU deal we got, has been damaging to the economy” Angela Rayner

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The Guardian
@theguardian.com

Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv targets Russian-occupied Crimea as UK and France conduct joint military exercise

theguardian.comUkraine war briefing: Kyiv targets Russian-occupied Crimea as UK and France conduct joint military exerciseCrimea strikes cause water and power cuts; war game designed to show how Nato countries could be defended amid fears of Russian aggression. What we know on day 1,705 A Ukrainian attack led to water and power cuts in occupied Crimea on Saturday, as a barrage of drones in several regions inside Russia left several dead, according to Russian authorities. Sergei Aksyonov, the Moscow-installed head of the Crimean peninsula, wrote on Telegram that due to the drone attack on local power grids “restrictions on the supply of electricity and water have been put in place”. He did not specify how many households had been affected in Crimea, which is home to more than 2.5 million people. The peninsula, which was seized from Ukraine by Russia in 2014, is a regular target for Ukrainian attacks. A separate Ukrainian strike in part of the north-eastern Kharkiv region held by Russia killed at least three people and gravely wounded another on Saturday, the Moscow-backed authorities said. Drones also rained down inside Russia. The country’s defence ministry said 616 of them had been shot down overnight across more than 20 regions of the country. During the day, drones hit Russia’s south-western Bryansk border region, killing at least three people, regional acting governor Yegor Kovalchuc said on Telegram. In Ukraine, authorities said that at least five people died in several Russian drone and missile strikes in the country’s east. Dnipropetrovsk regional governor Oleksandr Ganzha on Saturday evening said three people were killed and at least 12 wounded when a Russian drone strike hit the town of Synelnykove, setting the fourth floor of a high-rise building on fire. Authorities in Sumy meanwhile said a Russian drone hit a farm, killing a 31-year-old woman and injuring four others. Thousands of British and French troops have taken part in a military training exercise that included one of Britain’s largest airborne operations in two decades, the UK government said on Sunday. The war game is designed to show how Nato countries could be defended against a modern-day attack and comes during fears about Russian aggression in Europe amid Moscow’s war against Ukraine. About 2,500 troops were involved in the seven-week exercise, in which 600 British and French paratroopers dropped from four RAF A400M Atlas transport aircraft over Germany. The exercise called Rhino Titan, held at the Sennelager military training centre in Germany, has been testing British troops’ ability against an enemy equipped with drones and electronic warfare. “The threats we face in the 21st century require an updated, modern approach to warfare – and our adaptable armed forces are preparing accordingly,” British defence minister Wes Streeting said in a statement. Ukraine’s military has a “stable connection to Starlink”, the Ukrainian government said, 10 days after its ability to use the satellite communications system was suddenly restricted. But hours after the announcement, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, whose company owns Starlink, accused the Ukrainian military of violating ⁠the company’s terms. Neither Musk nor the US government, which operates Starshield using Starlink technology, took responsibility for imposing the curbs. Bulgarians will vote ​in presidential elections on Sunday as Russia’s war in Ukraine spreads to the waters off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast. Polls place acting president Iliana ⁠Iotova and ex-caretaker prime minister Andrey Gyurov as leaders in a race of 27 candidates. While the presidency is largely ceremonial, Sunday’s vote has taken ⁠on added significance after a series of drone attacks on merchant ships off Bulgaria’s Black Sea ​coast that likely killed about two-dozen international ‌seafarers. Continue reading...
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@wildwildwind.bsky.social

Russia already believes it is in an existential struggle with the West. Preparing to be resilient to the threats posed is important, but it's not a substitute for a credible defence policy. Labour are building that credibility. Allied strength is necessary. www.gov.uk/government/n...

gov.ukUK-France deepen nuclear defence ties in first joint exerciseUK deepens nuclear defence ties with France in historic first joint air exercise as RAF Typhoon fighters join French Rafale jets in a French nuclear exercise.
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@wildwildwind.bsky.social

With allied strength a necessity and the US becoming the weakest and most unreliable link alternatives must be found. The EU is working on a new network to rival Starlink, Iris², however it won't be up and running until 2029.

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Farrukh
@implausibleblog.bsky.social

Obama, "Iran didn't have nuclear weapons, because I put a deal in place that kept Iran from getting nukes, and I didn't have to fire a missile"

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@wildwildwind.bsky.social

Russia already believes it is in an existential struggle with the West. Preparing to be resilient to the threats posed is important, but it's not a substitute for a credible defence policy. Labour are building that credibility. Allied strength is necessary. www.gov.uk/government/n...

gov.ukUK-France deepen nuclear defence ties in first joint exerciseUK deepens nuclear defence ties with France in historic first joint air exercise as RAF Typhoon fighters join French Rafale jets in a French nuclear exercise.
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@wildwildwind.bsky.social

Additionally, 'The UK is... co-leading planning efforts with the French on the Multinational Military Mission that will support safe transit for commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz ...autonomous mine countermeasures are operating in the region, which continues to innovate at pace.'

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Abilu Tangwa.
@abilutangwa.bsky.social

"Green energy isn't perfect." Nothing is. But it's a hell of a lot better than a planet that's uninhabitable. Progress, not perfection.

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James O’Brien
@mrjamesob.bsky.social

I guess that, unlike with Brexit where daft fantasy seems endlessly sustainable, Trump’s awfulness becomes objectively undeniable at some point. Notable how many reverse ferrets involve zero self-examination or remorse. This is very good…

Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social

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adambienkov.co.ukTrump’s Apologists Are Now Desperately Seeking to Abandon His Sinking ShipAfter years of mocking his critics and predicting that he would make the world a safer and ‘more stable’ place, the President’s global allies are now finally turning against him

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Sarah Murphy
@13sarahmurphy.bsky.social

“Trump's British apologists are finally starting to calculate… their potential reward for supporting this lame duck President in the US is no longer worth the growing cost to their reputations in the UK” Too late, Farage. Too much MAGA money. Too much fawning. www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/trumps-apo...

adambienkov.co.ukTrump’s Apologists Are Now Desperately Seeking to Abandon His Sinking ShipAfter years of mocking his critics and predicting that he would make the world a safer and ‘more stable’ place, the President’s global allies are now finally turning against him