There's something a little off about some MP resigning to parachute the mayor of Manchester into Parliament so he can try to become prime minister instead of one of the 400 other Labour MPs. It just feels a bit pathetic.

Over 100 strikes on Lebanon in 24 hours. Civilians killed. Families displaced. We are doing everything to get support to those who need it. But what people need most is a genuine ceasefire.

Anyway Starmer can’t resign as we’ve got too many podcasters already

And they are right not to. Effective and good governments need a prime minister who will adjudicate between departments, sell the government's message, and not appoint someone known to have slept over at the home of a convicted paedophile.

This. A lot of trolls went to great lengths to harass me and claim that these attacks didn’t happen or were, worse, self inflicted

IS THAT IT?!!!!!! No details? 'This Labour government will be defined by rebuilding our relationship with Europe, by putting Britain at the heart of Europe'.

Frankly declaring the country ungovernable is just an excuse for not wanting to act. If you think's ungovernable then why are you in politics rather than doing literally anything else.

New: Oil prices are spiralling & consumers are cutting back... But the world's biggest companies have added more than $5.4tn in value since the start of the war on Iran. I took a deep dive - w/the help of our expert companies reporters - into how the AI boom is hiding wider hits to big business.

Scary diagram on how much of our daily lives would fall apart if somehow we were cut off from US tech. Tech sovereignty and resilience is going to be costly! www.ft.com/content/4c3a...

Interesting. Recruitment for the armed forces going well in Canada Why Canada is seeing its biggest military recruitment surge in 30 years www.bbc.com/news/article...

A quick roundup of my recent external publications, including on European space power, a diatribe against defence elites, and a lot on the JEF and arctic security 💪

That's some adventure

Excellent stuff 💪

Excellent stuff 💪

Meanwhile, I'm still reeling from the fact that Richard Tice can't find it in him to condemn someone for saying that Nigerians should be melted down to fill potholes.

The UK is re-deploying its Type 45 air-defence destroyer HMS Dragon to the Middle East, to pre-position the ship in preparation for any potential multinational mission to secure Strait of Hormuz commercial shipping transits 🇬🇧 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

A quick roundup of my recent external publications, including on European space power, a diatribe against defence elites, and a lot on the JEF and arctic security 💪

So often, I'm asked by journalists and commentators how we should redesign the schools history curriculum, or get children interested in history. My answer often meanders around various themes, but ultimately the only thing that matters is good teaching

UK: "Our committee’s work offers an opportunity to achieve a similar, radical change of mindset, where preparedness & resilience are normalised into everyday life..." #societalresilience #civilprotection www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Happy Victory in Europe Day to all! A reminder that fascism can and will be defeated 💪💪

That's a question every navy & country is going to answer...At what point does destroying unmanned vehicles create a provocation equivalent of war?

This is very good analysis that cuts through the hype around the 'hybrid navy'. A question I often ask is whether the use of drones lowers the escalation risk for direct sub-threshold activity. E.G what is to stop the Russians 'accidentally' plinking unmanned vessels without fear of reprisal?

Happy Victory in Europe Day to all! A reminder that fascism can and will be defeated 💪💪

I interviewed the satellite company ICEYE on the European space sector and British procurement, for those of you that are astro-curious 🚀 (Also follow @warsight.bsky.social, great publication on defence topics)

Any #skystorians interested in the English Civil War? Come along to the Dorset History Centre on 6 June for a full day of talks on current research from Civil War scholars, including our own Tom Gayton and Eamonn Welch. See attached for more details, and please help us spread the word! #earlymodern

I interviewed the satellite company ICEYE on the European space sector and British procurement, for those of you that are astro-curious 🚀 (Also follow @warsight.bsky.social, great publication on defence topics)

Having worked on the issue in a previous job, my general view is that Da'esh affiliated nationals should be repatriated and arrested, and their children given full social support. Leaving them in the ME at the mercy of Da'esh helps no-one.

Definitely haven't done this one before.... Option 1: will cause world war 3. Option 2: will cost more than MOD's annual budget for a single month. Option 3: Rather reasonable, wouldn't you say boss?

"The French occupation of Egypt shows the limits of British sea power" is an absolutely wild take. Even ignoring what the Battle of Aboukit Bay did to Napoleon's ability to resupply (hint: nothing good), the defeat at Acre was aided by Sydney Smith intercepting and stealing his artillery. At sea.

“Didn’t get Ryanair to Toulouse, fella.”

One for the naval history nerds, but the idea that British sea power ultimately didn't matter during the Napoleonic Wars and that the French would have regained control of the sea if Napoleon had more time is.... a take.

Defence policy is about why military force is a necessary part of state functions, what others are doing (and why) to threaten the UK, and the scenarios where they'll be needed most to make a difference. When a political class only sees it as jobs and pork barrell politics it'll just decline.

👇British politics has near-completely lost not just the art, but seemingly any expectation that the job of “being a politician” involves persuasion.

One for the naval history nerds, but the idea that British sea power ultimately didn't matter during the Napoleonic Wars and that the French would have regained control of the sea if Napoleon had more time is.... a take.

Had this last week. It's not just that there are ads, it's that they've put the ad in *the worst possible point* in the film to put an ad. Arguably the worst possible point to put an ad in the history of cinema.

Recent Telegraph and Times cartoons of Green Party leader Zack Polanski, challenged for deploying antisemitic tropes + caricatures of a Jewish politician, by the Green party and by others.

With @romanpalace.bsky.social apparently being told to knock it off, it quietly seems @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social had also gone dark. If this is a wider trend in the museum space it's to be regretted. Museums don't just exist to hold stuff. They tell stories about the past - and ourselves now.

Such a thoughtful thread on the Met Gala, art, fashion, museums, funding and controversy. We don’t really deserve the Menswear Guy, but we’re lucky enough to have him anyway.

Pierre Bourdieu once argued that the question of whether something is art isn't answered by the artist's intention or even the object itself. Instead, the quality of being "art" is conferred by a community — curators, dealers, auction houses, audiences, etc. 🧵

Today’s column: some initial thoughts on what a “whole of society” approach to tackling antisemitism in the United Kingdom would have to do:

Today’s newsletter: the United Kingdom doesn’t have the antiracism movement that its politicians, or much of the British Jewish community, thinks it does:

This is why I continually bang on about the GDP defence percentage being fundamentally meaningless for actual concrete defence policy. It doesn't tell you anything about what a nation can do regarding actual defence capability.

This is why I continually bang on about the GDP defence percentage being fundamentally meaningless for actual concrete defence policy. It doesn't tell you anything about what a nation can do regarding actual defence capability.

A question I continually ask myself. Surely at some point there is going to be a very nasty correction?

A question I continually ask myself. Surely at some point there is going to be a very nasty correction?

This is a perfect example of the disease @so3brocktree.bsky.social touches on in his article: defence as 'elite sport', language is alienating, finding info requires 'defence archaeology degree', taxpayers have very poor visibility. etc By 'this' I mean the space thing UKDJ reporting on 🧵

I am not sure about the headline but @so3brocktree.bsky.social is spot on with his main argument: Where is that “all of society” debate in 🇬🇧about shifting geopolitics and societal resiliance that was supposed to start with the Defemce Review a year ago?? As for the defence jargon, it is intolerable.

I wrote on the need for much broader public engagement on national security and defence in the UK. It can't just be a few elites in small rooms.

UK: "Contrary to what many seem to think, this should not just be a conversation on spending & trade-offs... Just as critical is creating a sense of wider societal resilience, preparedness & mobilisation, in all senses of the word..." #societalresilience #civildefence #warpreparedness

I wrote on the need for much broader public engagement on national security and defence in the UK. It can't just be a few elites in small rooms.