🇫🇷🇺🇦France and Ukraine are preparing to sign a significant defense pact, which will include provisions for “combat aircraft, air defense, and additional military capabilities,” - Zelensky. Previously,France has provided Ukraine with Mirage 2000 fighter jets armed with MICA and SCALP cruise missiles

Morning all 👍 North Weald | 09/11/25 @stuartnt.bsky.social #Avgeek #Aviation

Labour’s latest attack on asylum seekers is cruel & counterproductive. How does it help community cohesion to hold threat of deportation over vulnerable people? We don’t need an arms race with the hard right over asylum, we need safe routes & European cooperation #bbclaurak

Mo Farah would not have been a British citizen for the 2012 Olympics if Labour had introduced their new asylum plan.

This week Nathan Gill, Reform UK’s Leader in Wales will be sentenced for 8 charges of Russian bribes. Here’s Farage calling him an “honest, decent and honourable man”. Let’s not forget that whilst he was taking the bribes, Farage was making similar pro-Russian speeches in the European Parliament.

To suggest that having lived a life so grim that even an English tribunal will grant you asylum, and to have somehow managed to get here at great risk to life, is a "golden ticket" is absolutely fucking contemptible. Shame on this so-called Labour Party.

Mo Farah, trafficked to UK aged 9 in 1992. Teacher Alan Watkinson secures citizenship after 8 years here, 2000 (aged 17) so he could travel abroad as GB athlete Under future rules Renew status? 1995, 98 x6 Eligible settlement after 20 years (2012) Citizenship 2013 news.sky.com/story/sir-mo...

Israeli air raids have taken place in southern Gaza as well as Gaza City.

Using Golden Ticket to describe people who have fled war and destitution to legally seek asylum. An internationally recognized legal right that the UK is treaty bound to recognize is pure cruelty and evil. It is the language of Nazis, of deportations, of camps and life unworthy of life. Evil.

Does a resident doctor earn more than an MP? No. Let’s save the desperate morality grasps from politicians then. MPs have had umpteen pay rises since 2010 and they have quietly and relentlessly awarded these to themselves, regardless of what the public is going through.

Illegal migration isn't tearing this country apart, but our obsession with it is. It's an obsession fuelled by our media and politicians. Both profit from blowing the problem out of all proportion. It's been happening for decades, but never more so than now

MPs urge Reeves to raise gambling taxes despite ‘scaremongering’ from firms. Quite right. Bet365 CEO collected £323m in pay and dividends last year. Company paid 12.7% corporation tax on £1.4bn profit. Almost all betting companies have offshore tax haven operations, solely to dodge UK taxes.

Shabana Mahmood on the BBC this morning talking about desperate people fleeing war and persecution as being given a "golden ticket" and "handouts" and saying she's got a "moral mission" to take them away from them Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...

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Ford steers brilliant England to 33-19 win over New Zealand reut.rs/3JBCeKL

🇨🇴 #Colombia #Gripen aircraft deliveries 2028-2032. Manufactured in 🇸🇪🇧🇷. 15 single-seat E, 2 double-seat F. Offsets: From 2026 Q2, first a solar power plant. Weapons, in-country support, training, logistics. Src/photo: www.bluradio.com/nacion/cuand... Src 2: www.elespectador.com/judicial/gob...

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🇺🇸Trump: I had an MRI and the result was outstanding. 🎤Reporter: Is it your brain? 🇺🇸Trump: I have no idea what they analyzed, but whatever they analyze, they analyzed it well.

Every accusation is an admission.

If Trump still sues the BBC, notwithstanding their apology, he is in a far less strong position than if the BBC had not apologised. The apology was tactically a sensible, prudent move by the BBC whether Trump sues or not.

This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform. Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Chasing the xenophobic vote has destroyed the Conservative Party, why would Labour think it will work for them?

Ah yes, collapsing the economy, your one area of expertise. Do tell us about the time you knocked £30bn off the stock market and trebled everyone's mortgage.

Farage, Boris Johnson & Rees-Mogg apparently plotting assaults on UK democracy with Bannon, who was reporting back to Epstein. Nothing to see here, newspaper folk… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC has a case against Trump. WhiteHouse Chief Press Officer called the BBC ‘100% fake news.’ Which is defamatory and untrue.

Just some British patriots in Benidorm, taking over a street in Spain to shout in their own language about unwanted foreigners. It’s a blessing that they are too thick to understand irony.

If I came from a family that has held a seat in House of Lords for 7 generations and used it to protect their vast empire from Tax and Inheritance Tax. I probably wouldn't be complaining about free bus passes for Senior Citizens. You'd look ridiculous.

The Pedo-Protector Prez ordered a brand new distraction & the Dept. of War (actually the Dept. of Defense: a mini-distraction within a distraction, no extra charge!) is delivering by expanding our ongoing unlawful policy of randomly bombing the tiny boats of fishermen with no due process whatsoever.

Twats marching through Benidorm. Spain should really deport them.

Ukraine has launched serial production of the Octopus drone interceptor, designed to counter Shahed drones. Defense Minister Shmyhal said the technology has been handed to three manufacturers, with 11 more preparing production. Octopus is expected to be produced in the thousands each month.

And the man who brought you that is favourite to win the next election 🤯

🚀🇺🇦 Zelensky: Long Neptunes have proven themselves in long-range sanctions against Russia. "Russia will not be able to turn a blind eye to war more often - now it is loud enough, and it is clear what is really happening, because there are our Ukrainian completely fair responses…"

Zelensky: We are preparing to strengthen our aviation capabilities. A strong “historic” agreement with France is in the works. We will finalise it soon.

🇧🇷 "...successfully completed the certification flight test campaign for in-flight refuelling of the F-39E #Gripen fighter by the KC-390 Millennium multi-mission aircraft. Saab press release: www.saab.com/newsroom/pre...

Holy crap he’s really panicking.

nobody *wants to* strike you utter weasel

Can never have too much fuel right? 🇧🇷 F-39E #Gripen air to air refuelling while carrying three drop tanks, two bombs and two IRIS-T missiles. Photo: Saab AB www.saab.com/newsroom/pre...

Two stories you may not have seen this week that would be a big deal in a normal country: 1) The ‘dossier’ detailing the BBC’s editing of the Trump speech literally edited Trump’s speech. 2) The NBER calculated that Brexit’s longer term damage to GDP was greater than originally forecast.

To spin this is disgusting. Underage means CHILD 😡

Morning all 👍 C-47's North Weald | 09/11/25 @stuartnt.bsky.social #Avgeek #Aviation

You realize his guilt when the most litigious guy on the planet isn’t making lawsuit threats.

Looks like we’re going to war with Venezuela to distract from the Epstein files.

And yet, he chose you as VP. Curious.

Best way to avoid a leadership challenge is to, well, lead.

BREAKING: US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announces start of military operation “Operation Southern Spear” day after Trump is implicated multiple times with Epstein.

🇨🇦 Interview with Saab CEO and 🇸🇪 DefMin Saab discussing with federal gvmt and Bombardier on #Gripen production for #Canada and 🇺🇦 #Ukraine. - New factory, tech transfer, R&D center for aerospace products. "We are talking collaboration." - CEO www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

🇨🇴 #Colombia Contract negotiations finalized - media FM Radio reports: 17 x #Gripen E/Fs in contract (long term 24) after payment plan allowed for +1 Gripen. Agreement could be announced today (Nov 14) during 106th anniversary of the Colombian Aerospace Force. Photo: Saab AB