WHAT. A. FINISH!!! #GoArmy #BeatNavy #ArmyVNavy

Go Army, Beat Navy! 🇬🇧

Remember watching Monty & Jimmy fending off the Aussies from the Ops Room in Sangin in July 2009. Those were bleak days but England holding on for that draw & setting up the series win that followed put occasional smiles on otherwise grim faces. Shame to see him reduced to this.

Somerset Council Apologises for Trying To Evict Defence Company order-order.com/2024/04/26/som…

What an unbelievable waste of time. A council that is massively in debt & struggling to get their finances into balance has surely better things to do than this. Especially when it turns out the whole thing was nonsense anyway.

Absolute legend.

Thanks to ⁦Adam Fleming⁩ & the team at #BBCNewscast for having me on this evening. Important discussion on the war in Ukraine, UK defence spending & the naming of a lifeboat on our next aircraft carrier! bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

This is an excellent speech by Rishi Sunak. I hope European leaders get the message and follow his lead: gov.uk/government/spe…

'This is the new world we're in...'

Former armed forces minister James Heappey tells Andrew Marr that the UK needs its own 'Iron Dome' missile defence system.

'Not only can we afford it - but we can't afford not to do it. It shows a Prime Minister who's willing to take some tough choices to do what needs to be done.'

Former armed forces minister James Heappey tells Steve Holden how the government can justify £75bn defence boost.

Should the UK be spending billions more on defence?

Listen to former armed forces minister James Heappey MP on the latest #BBCNewscast ...

Important with 🇬🇧 announcing that they will take defence spending towards 2.5% of GDP in the coming years. There will be an election in between, so it’s of course important to hear what the Labour opposition has to say. But the increase strengthens the security of all of Europe.

Rishi Sunak’s best day as PM. Defence of the Realm should always be the Conservative Party’s first and fundamental mission.

Huge announcement. Of course there's an argument for more or sooner but that would be churlish response to biggest uplift in my lifetime. This will transform MOD's finances, allow UK defence industry to confidently scale up, & make our frontline forces more lethal & sustainable.

BREAKING: UK is putting its defence industry on a 'war-footing' - investing £10 billion to ramp up production- as part of a plan to increase defence spending by 2.5% by 2030, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has declared.

This is a really big deal

All eyes on the PM’s press conference. This is ENORMOUS news and hugely needed in the MoD.

A very welcome appointment. Gwyn - very exceptionally - had a spell as Deputy NSA as a more junior officer and did it brilliantly. He’ll be a fantastic NSA as the UK navigates a world that poses ever greater threats to our interest.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again.

Ukraine, we’re not going anywhere.