I fear our political leaders do not understand the gravity of the situation. We need to rearm. We need a massive injection of capital into defence. The full power of the British state must be mobilised, and mobilised now...
James Rogers
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James Rogers
@james_rogers
Co-founder, @ConGeostrategy. Interests: #UK geostrategic and defence policy. Formerly at @BALTDEFCOL, @EU_ISS, and other places. All tweets are personal.
- After #Coronavirus, we must disentangle ourselves from #China's deeply authoritarian and untrustworthy regime. The #UK cannot allow itself to become economically or politically dependent on #China...
- Look at that flag. That flag stands for something. It stands in defiance of tyranny. It is the greatest flag on Earth.
00:00 - Wow... AUKUS, CPTPP, Hiroshima Accord, security assurances for Finland and Sweden, sustained and timely military support for Ukraine, ASEAN Dialogue Partner... What military support has the Irish Republic given to Ukraine? 🤔
00:00 - I’ve seen people asking if the cost of the missile used was greater than the drone the @RoyalNavy’s warship shot down. This is not the right question. The real question is: what was the cost of the drone’s intended target? And what would be the cost of making the #RedSea a dangerHMS Diamond has shot down a suspected attack drone targeting merchant shipping in the Red Sea - destroying the target with a Sea Viper missile.
- The @RoyalNavy is the #UK’s greatest ambassador and weapon. As an island nation, dependent on trade and finance, including shipping insurance, we de-prioritise it at our peril...
- Do three of these five prime ministers have no memory? Aid spending fell every year of Sir John Major's premiership. It reached an all-time low (0.24% of #GNI) under Tony Blair in 1999 and never exceeded 0.51% of GNI under Gordon Brown. Absurd hypocrisy!
- It's shameful. It's also been spent on all manner of nonsense, including eel conservation in the #Philippines, coconut farms in the #Carribbean, and dance lessons in #Tanzania...
- Macron: "We must not humiliate Russia so that the day when the fighting stops we can build an exit ramp through diplomatic means ... I am convinced that it is France's role to be a mediating power." Ooh boy, where to begin? reuters.com/world/europe/r…
