What point is Russian President Putin trying to prove with recent strikes in #Ukraine? Simon Diggins shares his thoughts #KayBurley SS

Important article that challenges many of the myths. Churchill isn’t to blame for the Bengal famine spectator.co.uk/article/winsto…

.⁦S Sebag Montefiore⁩ . Thank you. Please read. This may well be the wisest and most nuanced analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict you ever read. ⁦⁩ A conflict built on centuries of myth-making thetimes.com/article/4ee217…

“We’re in a world of a myriad of different threats.” Following a warning from the heads of MI6 and the CIA of a ‘threat to world order’, defence analyst Simon Diggins tells Vanessa Feltz that ‘we need to be very agile and strong in our defence security, but we are not.’

My letter in ⁦The Times and The Sunday Times⁩ today. Times letters: Confronting the Taliban over women’s rights thetimes.com/article/3105d8…

.Sir Humphrey Good blog: thank you. Elite troops can have a disproportionate effect but all air-manoeuvre ground elements can suffer the same limitation: limited tactical mobility once landed (I write as the ex-DCOS of 24 Airmob Bde). 1/2

The next time someone argues that private schools are only the preserve of the rich, have no benefit to wider society, and are keeping state education down, a reminder of the above wouldn't go amiss. 🧵🔚

"We're in a world of a myriad of different threats. We need to be strong in our defence and security and we are simply not." ICYMI - Simon Diggins on LBC the other day talking about the threat to the world order.

.UK Prime Minister Dear Prime Minister, Please read. #RickRescoria should be honoured by the U.K. for his extraordinary bravery on 9/11: a posthumous GC seems to be in order.

LIVE TONIGHT AT 7PM ON X SPACES TOPIC: How lifting the ban on long-range missile strikes deep inside Russia could change the Ukraine war. Philip Ingram MBE 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇺🇦, Cormac Smith 🇮🇪🇬🇧🇺🇦🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 & Simon Diggins

Carve their names with pride #OTD in 1944, SOE agents Eliane Plewman (26), Yolande Beekman (32), Madeleine Damerment (26) and Noor Inayat Khan (30) were executed at Dachau concentration camp. Made to kneel, they held hands as they were shot in the back of the neck.

It’s our money & guns today, or our daughters & sons tomorrow. Was great to join Philip Ingram MBE 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇺🇦, Simon Diggins and Ted for a discussion on the latest from Ukraine’s Kursk offensive and anticipated permission for long range strikes into Russia with Storm Shadow & ATACMS.

👊✌️🫡 Cormac Smith 🇮🇪🇬🇧🇺🇦🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 LBC Nick Ferrari John Healey Maria Eagle MP David Lammy Luke Pollard MP Rt. Hon Ben Wallace Deborah Haynes James Heappey James Cartlidge MP 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 Ben Hodges John Bolton Dr. Mark T. Esper Mark Sedwill David Williams One Decision Podcast Simon Diggins Philip Ingram MBE 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇺🇦 Dan Jarvis MP

It’s not surprising that a British Labour government should enjoy warmer relations with a Democrat Whitehouse than those of its Conservative predecessor. It is however conspicuous that Washington is treating Starmer, Lammy and their team with a degree of warmth and respect that

.Russian Embassy, UK MFA Russia 🇷🇺 Just stop the war: cease your aggression and make peace.

It seems the West is still having a crash course in deterrence and how to handle escalation - a long overdue lesson in my book. It needs to learn quickly how Putin plys his trade in this space and how we should treat him when he does. 🧵 1/7

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Today we marched through City of London to exercise our freedom of the city and to mark the centenary of that privilege. We marched with drums beating, colours flying, and bayonets fixed. Huge thanks to everybody who made it possible. First Fusiliers @5Fusiliers #OAFAAF

Why criminalising hate speech is a bad idea thetimes.com/article/73c0fe…

Some good analysis by ⁦The Independent⁩ here. How the Israel-Hezbollah conflict could escalate, and what it would look like inews.co.uk/news/world/how…