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Unbelievable. Britain is ALREADY holding talks with the EU about a return to free movement, The Times reports. Only 16 weeks after Burnham told Makerfield he wouldn’t “re-open” Brexit. There is absolutely no democratic mandate for this.
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As the French riots show, violent anti-Westernism is now de rigueur among bourgeois leftists: buff.ly/Qt1gvop
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“Like a bloody cult”
“One toilet in the bar and yet everyone was in at the time. It’s just ridiculous. It was a wee bit scary actually. Like a bloody cult.” The words of one of Robert McCartney’s sisters about the wall of silence surrounding her brother’s murder.
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NEW | 🇷🇺 The Russian bot campaign around France’s riots started about six weeks before the riots did. Doppelganger was already pushing French grievances from early September. 🧵1/10
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Today I’m wearing my keffiyeh jacket to show my solidarity with Gaza. Hand-finished in cashmere-and-silk bouclé, £3,250.
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This was a legitimate military operation in which terrorists were killed by lawful force.
A former soldier who planned an SAS ambush that claimed the lives of three IRA men 35 years ago has said the ‘chain of command’ in similar operations included British Prime Ministers. Three IRA members, Pete Ryan, Lawrence McNally and Tony Doris, were shot dead in Coagh, Co Tyrone, in June 1991, in what some believe to be a shoot-to-kill operation. Read more: tinyurl.com/53rre6bh
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Minimum wage is now increasing quicker than private sector pay growth. This increase, 3.9%, is far better than private sector earnings growth, which is currently at 3.0%. Factor in student loans repayments, and young people are better off working minimum wage than going to uni.
🚨 NEW: John Healey will increase the minimum wage for over 21s from £12.71 to around £13.20
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Scoops on scoops: Lotta journalistic secrets revealed in @realBobWoodward's new memoir, including how he gained entry to former CIA Director Bill Casey's hospital room to extract his confession on Iran-contra. My story, based on advance copy of the book: wapo.st/3UbZzrD
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Colonel Richard Williams, former commanding officer of the SAS, says investigations into deaths during the Troubles in Northern Ireland could let Republican sympathisers land a 'sucker punch' on the regiment in the courts, even though the British military brought the IRA to its knees on the battlefield. Watch in full | youtu.be/ye2pv3DTybQ @ShippersUnbound @williams_rje
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This is a really interesting interview by @LawDavF - it is well worth your time to read.
Delighted to publish first part of our interview with Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, former Chief of Defence Staff. Part One considers UK’s support for Ukraine,managing escalation with Russia, and lessons. Part Two is about MoD budget and procurement (£/free trial), samf.substack.com/p/when-rus…?
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Remember him talking alongside Petraeus at RUSI a few years back. Certain comments had people clutching their pearls which would have been just common sense a generation earlier.
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“Some of our main problems now is with the middle class who believe they own the Ormeau,” says Noel Liggett, District Master of Ballynafeigh Loyal Orange Lodge, No 10, whose Orange Hall stands on the Ormeau Road. “If you drive down the Ormeau Road in a bit of sunshine, you’ll see the coffee shops, all the guys sitting sipping their coffees. The older Prods will be down the side street, not really taking part. They look on us with contempt.” Read the full interview here: irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/…
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Exc - The former Tory candidate who suspended over contract killer claims was an adviser in Kemi Badenoch’s office Sources tell @BenQuinn75 and me that Jack Ross worked as social media consultant theguardian.com/politics/202…
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A superb interview by @RolandOliphant of @Telegraph of the most impressive, impactful, authentic and respected Director Special Forces of my time.
One of the greatest officers ever to serve in the @BritishArmy. His approach to #leadership was unorthodox but highly successful. The stories about him are the stuff of legend. Interview courtesy of @Telegraph
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Murder in Belfast: Sisters Seeking Justice - a new series about the killing of Robert McCartney starting tonight at 22.30 on BBC One NI.
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Inside the Coagh IRA ambush, one of the most controversial SAS killings in Northern Ireland trib.al/v4VuHZb
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Likely the right sort of soldier to have assigned on this close protection duty. Harry McCallion, another SAS soldier, reveals in his book Undercover War that the intelligence leading to Mrs McAliskey being protected came from an informer inside the UDA. “Collusion”? Hardly.
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If Moscow or Kyiv fails to provide sufficient employment opportunities and regulatory frameworks for Russian or Ukrainian veterans, they could populate and empower extremist groups. Sam Bowden on the future of private warfare in Russia and Ukraine: go.iiss.org/3VQvtdt
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One of the greatest officers ever to serve in the @BritishArmy. His approach to #leadership was unorthodox but highly successful. The stories about him are the stuff of legend. Interview courtesy of @Telegraph
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