@iangorrie
35 years in Telecom’s. Scot living in England = British . Refugee from Twitter. Dundee Angus & Redditch Worcestershire Uk. Interested in Technology, Aviation, History, local culture, military history, politics for the people and many other things.
I know it won't make any difference to his voters, who pay no attention to what's actually going on, and think foresight is for pussies and consequences can be wished away.
But if Farage was PM, we'd now be in a moronic, illegal war he demanded we join 2 days ago, and now thinks is a disaster.
Good Lord, Trump seems to have forgotten that in war, your enemy gets a vote. If the Iranians read this, they will understand he is terrified and desperate, and probably speed up the mining of the straits. Worst war leader in US history.
Study estimates between 1971 and 2021 thevUS caused the deaths 38’million people
Via The Lancet 2025
Sharpest bit of BBC journalism I have heard in a long time
newsreader: how long will it take HMS Dragon to get to Cyprus
Correspondent: it depends how fast it goes
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The grim choice facing the Trump administration: Economic or naval collapse?
Strong "Twilight of the British Empire" vibes from this headline.
edition.cnn.com/2026/03/09/b...
"He lies and then he lies again!"
Donald Trump has denied responsibility for the destruction of a primary school in Iran.
But @mrjamesob.bsky.social thinks he's spotted a contradiction in the President's latest statements...
The President of the USA is now openly threatening Iran with being the target of one of the greatest crimes in world history. Trump is saying he will destroy the basis of life for more than 90 million people.
He should be removed from office for this.
This very straight news piece buried deep within the FT never uses words like corruption or insider dealing but every detail is quietly devastating. Why is the FT virtually alone in the UK media in covering this important story?
Last chance to share your experiences with postal deliveries in Redditch & the Villages!
Despite repeated Royal Mail promises, delayed and missed post continues.
I’ve presented a petition in Parliament and a debate is coming soon.
Your stories will make the strongest case.
As an IR professor, it's depressing that this is outperforming all others as the best theory of US foreign policy
Disgusting, both the orange menace and his sniggering audience. The sinking of the IRIS Dena killed 87 people. I get that being a sailor on a navy ship comes with risks, but it's not funny if they are killed. They were human beings; they have grieving mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, children.
It will be an immense relief if this war really is nearly over, & I don’t want it to continue for a minute longer. But God almighty, what a self-defeating mess. Somehow the US has made itself look weaker ultimately by projecting strength.
Depraved
❗️❗️A Russian-made navigation system, first seen on drones intercepted by Ukrainian air defenses in December, was found in a drone that recently attacked a British air base in Cyprus, — The Times.
So the Delcy Rodriguez of Iran is…
[checks notes]
Ayatollah Khamenei?
If this is actually the new set of strategic goals, the Trump administration is admitting that they have strategically failed and this has been a disaster.
Yanks go home
Wow -- as first spotted by @BadFoxGraphics on X, Fox & Friends this morning used *old footage of a previous dignified transfer* to mislead their audience about the fact that Trump wore a baseball cap during the one yesterday
Airspace changes since 26 February. See the disappearance and reappearance of traffic and the now-constricted northern corridor at the top of the image.
Ban it
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Join my new nuclear book club, the Doomsday Library.
Vote for the books, get a video on the 1st of each month, and chat on the dedicated thread.
First up: THE CHRYSALIDS by John Wyndham.
Well made and well acted .. plot? Well…
frankly I think tourists from the US *should* be asked this question, and maybe those who voted this way this woman clearly did should have to think for a damn minute about how their actions have impacted others. also: you can't just "get away from all that," for heavens sake.
Trump bombs Iran, starves Cubans and kills US service personnel. Business as usual for him.
Yeah it was pretty strange and frustrating for the 100s of 1000s of civilians killed too.. you ‘ve learned nothing have you?
They haven’t cleared out the bad guys anywhere?
