@RobertClark87 Robert Clark
Robert Clark posts on X about ukraine, defence, hamas, china the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours.
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Social category influence countries 36% finance 12% travel destinations 6% currencies 3% social networks 2% technology brands 2% us election 2% celebrities 1% musicians 1%
Social topic influence ukraine 11%, defence 8%, hamas 6%, china 5%, the british 4%, israel 4%, ajax 3%, russia 3%, poland 3%, iraq 3%
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @telegraph @leylahamed @defencehq @skynews @fharris2011 @hamid @smerkinkones @iannicholsonip @chloechc25 @shetlerjones @sirsimonclarke @mrandrewfox @britisharmy @arcusgladius @emmanuelmacron @iowbobseely @bo3673 @robpowellnews @alexrogerssky @dukeamiroften
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Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"Beware analysts who claim defence strategies in whole truths. Silliness. Military chiefs ordered plans drawn up for a parachute insertion to secure a second evacuation point during the Sudan emergency. Members of [--] PARA were lined up ready to jump. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/13/rishi-sunak-paratooper-drop-sudan/ Operational analysis is overwhelming conclusive that Parachuting into battle hasnt been a militarily viable option for years everyone just gets killed. A bridge too far is a great film but you really shouldn't base a serious opinion on it."
X Link 2026-02-09T09:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"RT @SirSimonClarke: We give the Chinese government everything they want. And they proceed to act against everything we stand for. This is"
X Link 2026-02-09T12:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"I've been in more battles in one week than you've had hot dinners in the MoD canteen. @RobertClark87 Beware people who write for the telegraph and its agenda pretend not to know what the world battle means and dont understand what UK scenario threat priorities are in [----]. @RobertClark87 Beware people who write for the telegraph and its agenda pretend not to know what the world battle means and dont understand what UK scenario threat priorities are in 2026"
X Link 2026-02-09T21:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"RT @fharris2011: The Treasury will continue to block defence spending rises Harming UK defence industry curtailing private sector investme"
X Link 2026-02-10T17:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"RT @Mr_Andrew_Fox: Throw. The. Kitchen. Sink. At. Developing. Drone. Defences. I dont know how many times I can say it. It should be our"
X Link 2026-02-14T14:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Sidenote: having a credible land force able to deploy in the first instance neglects the automatic need to deploy if is credible enough to deter aggression in the first place. Whole point having a military. @RobertClark87 It is not self-evident that tensions in (continental) Europe automatically require the UK to send land forces. @RobertClark87 It is not self-evident that tensions in (continental) Europe automatically require the UK to send land forces"
X Link 2026-02-16T13:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Let's work the math out on a UK troop deployment to Ukraine with the caveat that this should be supported if the gvt & military have a clear strategy (currently they do not). The bare minimum deployment to resemble any shred of deterrence & capability is an armoured brigade. Currently we have two [--] & [--] BCT in various stages of modernisation but still have resource and manpower gaps. Typically an armoured brigade numbers between 3-5000 personnel but given chronic undermanning (armoured infantry battalions currently have approx one quarter or an entire company non-deployable). So let's assume"
X Link 2026-01-09T07:50Z [----] followers, 58.5K engagements
"Sidenote - the comments in his strategically illiterate tweet did not disappoint"
X Link 2026-02-09T22:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"RT @fharris2011: His Majesty's Treasury Don't worry there's nothing to fear"
X Link 2026-02-11T18:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"1. Challenger [--] - delayed (+ 1/3 force reduction) [--]. Ajax - paused (decade late) [--]. Boxer - delayed [--]. Warrior - out of service in [--] months & no IOC for Boxer. [--]. The PM's insistence of up to 7.5k troops to Ukraine. Your weekly reminder that the British Army has [-----] deployable troops & is currently on its arse. Major platform delays retention & recruiting crisis too few troops already spread too thinly at a time as everyone likes to remind of heightened military tensions in Europe - which always requires a land force. That's why the situation requires attention to the dereliction of the"
X Link 2026-02-16T12:50Z [----] followers, 19.3K engagements
"Keir Starmer is considering a significant increase in defence spending by the end of the decade. Ah yes so when he's out of government then. Great plan. Just [--] years and a mythical Labour second term to wait. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/02/16/starmer-to-fast-track-defence-spending-boost/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/02/16/starmer-to-fast-track-defence-spending-boost/"
X Link 2026-02-16T13:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Because Paris Berlin Rome & Madrid have freeloaded off Washington's rump for three decades. UK not far behind this last decade. Not rocket science. Macron ( @EmmanuelMacron ) has posed a good question recently: why do 500M rich Europeans seem to have events and outcomes imposed on them by Trump Putin and Xi Macron ( @EmmanuelMacron ) has posed a good question recently: why do 500M rich Europeans seem to have events and outcomes imposed on them by Trump Putin and Xi"
X Link 2024-11-13T21:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@IoWBobSeely It's almost almost as if this hasn't been properly thought out. Just like so many other policies. Woeful"
X Link 2024-11-21T12:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Politically sensitive but incredibly important for Ukraine. Long advocated for this & as @BO3673 states this doesn't necessarily mean 18-25 yo to the front but critically in A1 & G4 roles this can free up thousands of older/more experienced Ukr troops. Sorry but this is a sensible policy. It's wicked Ukraine should have to do it - but it must do it. It doesn't mean it has to send [--] year olds to the front line she can hold them back for 12-24 months. But they need to be mobilised or their employment controlled. Sorry but this is a sensible policy. It's wicked Ukraine should have to do it -"
X Link 2024-11-28T11:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The fact Louise Haigh caved in so quickly to her Union masters to give train drivers the largest pay rise in modern history - 15% or 135m cost to UK taxpayers - was an early indication how chaotic she was. BREAKING: Louise Haigh has resigned as transport secretary after @robpowellnews @alexrogerssky revealed shed been convicted of an offence related to a mobile phone six months before becoming an MP. Says it was a mistake & shes sorry to leave under these circs doesnt want to https://t.co/7wdW2kucW4 BREAKING: Louise Haigh has resigned as transport secretary after @robpowellnews @alexrogerssky"
X Link 2024-11-29T06:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"On Tuesday Ukraine defeated 90% of the [---] Shahed drones sent from Russia - with half of these being 'returned to sender' a method calling 'spoofing' or usurping the satellite coordinates used by drones. Elon of all people should know that innovation will always find a way. Future wars are all about drones & hypersonic missiles. Fighter jets piloted by humans will be destroyed very quickly. https://t.co/LpjptIsob1 Future wars are all about drones & hypersonic missiles. Fighter jets piloted by humans will be destroyed very quickly. https://t.co/LpjptIsob1"
X Link 2024-11-29T07:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@DukeAmirOften Wrong. The government spends 12bn a year subsiding the rail industry. This includes the 135mn extra now in wages"
X Link 2024-11-29T08:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TatTabby Likely some other Stamer loyalist who is highly unqualified for the role"
X Link 2024-11-29T08:05Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Came for the quote retweets. Wasn't disappointed 🍿 UNRWA was established to provide assistance and protection to #PalestineRefugees pending a just and lasting solution to their plight. Our mandate is both humanitarian and development and for the past [--] years we have provided quality education and healthcare. UNRWA brings free https://t.co/kC34DJTdDE UNRWA was established to provide assistance and protection to #PalestineRefugees pending a just and lasting solution to their plight. Our mandate is both humanitarian and development and for the past [--] years we have provided quality education"
X Link 2024-11-29T08:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The same 'experts' who said Russia wasn't going to invade Ukraine in January [----]. The same stale ill-informed monkeys of the defence comentariat. I'm old enough to remember when experts were absolutely certain Israel was going to face a strategic and military defeat. I'm old enough to remember when experts were absolutely certain Israel was going to face a strategic and military defeat"
X Link 2024-11-29T10:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@DevaPete Outside Poland & possible France the UK still have the largest deployable conventional force. A wider NATO force is an oxymoron - look at ISAF - UK second largest troop deploying nation by far"
X Link 2024-12-04T22:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"I know Downing Street comms is dreadful but how on earth have Morgan McSweeney & Pat McFadden not gripped junior ministers from rolling out the tediously inaccurate & just plain boring '22bn blackhole inherentence' on radio/tv - @DianaJohnsonMP what's Labour's ideologically driven decision to reward train drivers above inflation wage increases & a zealous net zero agenda got to do with your portfolio & policing The public are growing increasingly bored hearing this tired and factually inaccurate trope being rolled out day after day to excuse Labour inertia deepening incompetence"
X Link 2024-12-05T08:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Can Number [--] comms team please brief the UK PM that when doing press briefings Afghans are the people Afghani the currency. It really isn't very hard"
X Link 2024-12-19T15:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"No but historically most countries will buy-in far more to a military campaign that has soldiers with Union flags on their arms. Iraq Afghanistan Kosovo. Not least the US almost always expects a significant and meaningful British contribution. @thinkdefence Does NATO need another armoured division to add to Poland Sweden Finland Germany Czech Romania who all have more than us Or maybe do we offer something unique and special as strategic reserve maybe built upon light expeditionary forces like 16X where we are best in class @thinkdefence Does NATO need another armoured division to add to"
X Link 2024-12-21T13:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Knighthoods for National Rail boss who persided over [--] years of record passenger delays whilst taking 600k salary & Sadiq Khan who's only achievements are a [--] per cent increase in knife crime a housing crisis and a [--] per cent increase in council tax show once and for all that Starmer is firmly party before country. The honours system is beyond corrupt & all Labour have done is firmly prove that"
X Link 2024-12-30T23:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@leylahamed Cry harder"
X Link 2025-01-01T18:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@hamid Are you still crying over the lack of anything resembling a Palestinian state in your lifetime or the fact that you are irrelevant Please do let me know 🙏"
X Link 2025-01-02T13:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@leylahamed I must say - all this childish hate from so many faceless accounts - the fReE pAlEsTiNe mob have out done themselves today 🤣 My work here is done"
X Link 2025-01-02T15:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@smerkinkones @hamid Please give me more 🤤🤣🤣🤣 Or have you stopped pissing your panties now for pAlEsTiNiAnS 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🍉🤡"
X Link 2025-01-02T17:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@smerkinkones 😂😂😂😂 Oh wouldn't you piss your panties to know 😍"
X Link 2025-01-02T17:15Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@leylahamed '18k children' 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🍉🤡🤡"
X Link 2025-01-02T22:44Z [----] followers, 14.3K engagements
"@Spectractiz @Telegraph 'Complete annexation of lawless territories that threaten a UK ally and wish to commit rape murder and abduction against said citizens'. Fixed it for you"
X Link 2025-01-02T23:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@twuntastical @leylahamed @Telegraph Laughing at the fact gullible Hamas supporters like you are so easily duped by Hamas' own propaganda to believe 18k children have been killed. Imagine believe ISIS or AQ propaganda to the point you piss your own knickers over this stuff - as you do 😂"
X Link 2025-01-03T10:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@lizzie_eldridge @FranceskAlbs @ICC @ICJ_org @ICJPalestine @Telegraph @amnesty @hrw @MSF I discredited the Lancet for its figures in Iraq several years ago. Yawn"
X Link 2025-01-03T20:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"I'll be back live on Sky News at [----] tomorrow discussing Ukraine's push further eastwards through Kursk in clear political signalling to the incoming Trump admin that Kyiv isn't to be counted out just yet"
X Link 2025-01-06T18:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Yes but the conversations surrounding deploying UK troops are being had by HMG. It's fanciful to think that this can work in the current climate - and the longer he comes out with these remarks and signposts without committing to the uplift just shreds his credibility on defence further"
X Link 2025-01-17T10:24Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@HughEdw31897368 They crashed the pound which has sent international investors scrambling to buy UK assets on the cheap. Your level of elementary fiscal understanding is on par with this government congratulations"
X Link 2025-01-17T16:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Rachel Reeves & Darren Jones have borderline crashed the pound which sent international investors scrambling to buy up UK assets on the cheap. Well done indeed. The FTSE [---] has just surpassed it's highest ever intra-day value. Well done Rachel Reeves Darren Jones and everyone else in government. I look forward to it being prominently reported on the BBC News website and Sky News will surely be covering it. #bbcnews #skynews The FTSE [---] has just surpassed it's highest ever intra-day value. Well done Rachel Reeves Darren Jones and everyone else in government. I look forward to it being"
X Link 2025-01-17T16:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@IanNicholsonIP They increased their growth projections by a whopping 0.1%. Let's not get too carried away 😂"
X Link 2025-01-17T17:16Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@IanNicholsonIP Well if you're happy that Reeves' 'further and faster' plan for growth results in a 0.1% IMF uplift forecast which is mainly based on the OBR figures for Reeves' own widely optimistic forecast of 1.8% growth - then good for you"
X Link 2025-01-17T17:28Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Grim scenes tonight in Gaza surrounding a jublient & reinvigorated Hamas. Genocidal ideologies must be crushed through isolation containment and attrition. Israel has yet to finish this job. My latest for @Telegraph ✍ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01/19/grim-scenes-in-gaza-cast-doubt-on-the-ceasefire-deal/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01/19/grim-scenes-in-gaza-cast-doubt-on-the-ceasefire-deal/"
X Link 2025-01-19T19:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Well colour me shocked. Likely: Rachel Reeves has already decided to constrict (at best freeze) defence spending breaking Keir Starmer's election manifesto & showing once and for all his bad faith intentions on defence delaying yet further even announcing a timframe for 2.5% while once again receiving a quiet ticking off from an increasingly frustrated administration in Washington. And rightly so. Absolutely shameful zero suprise. 🔴 Defence review could be delayed until autumn despite pressure to increase spending https://t.co/mFeB8y8B9e 🔴 Defence review could be delayed until autumn"
X Link 2025-01-19T22:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@guyverhofstadt The left have a very short memory"
X Link 2025-01-21T15:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Zelensky is shrewdly copying Trump's 'maximal ask' negotiating strategy that [------] peacekeepers will be needed That the is actively considering possible roles it's even more incumbent on HMG to not delay - as now expected by [--] months - the SDR. There is almost zero chance that the US will commit troops to this & & will turn to the to field a sizeable force. We can supply an excellent corps level HQ but in reality it'll be almost impossible to sustain more than a light-mech Brigade at current force levels whilst maintaining current NATO obligations 🌍 More realistic expecting circa 20-25k"
X Link 2025-01-23T19:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"'Away from Westminster doctors treating British soldiers are being targeted by Chinese hackers attempting to steal their patient data' I recall in [----] how the @DefenceHQ deployed LRRG Task Group to Mali @UN_MINUSMA I was called 'paranoid' by senior civil servants for raising the alarm that the PLA were in charge of the Task Force's role [--] med services in theatre - ie a British casualty would be treated by the Chinese military. Apparently Whitehall saw no issue with this. That exact same mentality is still prevalent in our civil service & government. It is literally insane. China"
X Link 2025-04-21T09:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Hi @RoyalMail @RoyalMailHelp I had a very small package not posted through my very large letter box last Thursday despite it a. not requiring a signature & b. zero attempt to you know actually post it. Instead I got a missed delivery slip with the only recourse to book redelivery. I did this last Thursday so [--] May for the first opportunity given - this Tuesday [--] May. Nothing came yesterday. And nothing came today either. No missed delivery slip no attempt to redelivery. Why has there been zero attempt at redelivery despite this now being [--] hours late [--] days after your employee could not"
X Link 2025-05-07T20:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Great to be on @SkyNews this morning talking about the Prime Minister's visit today to Oslo to discuss the Joint Expeditionary Force #JEF - & crucially what this means for UK & European national security. Quick turn around back to @KCLSecurity for the #LDC2025"
X Link 2025-05-09T09:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Great to seeing coming out of today's #JEF summit in Oslo - increased participation for Ukraine military relations going forwards with JEF partners - something I was advocating for last year for @UKDefJournal having spoken w/ keen @DefenceHQ personnel. In this article @RobertClark87 argues that it's time to unleash the full potential of the Joint Expeditionary Force to stabilise Europe. With Poland Ukraine and the UK at the forefront the JEF can redefine European security. https://t.co/u7CNYrTimy In this article @RobertClark87 argues that it's time to unleash the full potential of the Joint"
X Link 2025-05-09T19:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"I've largely stayed quiet on my own views of the Chagos debacle because quite frankly it sits somewhere between the most astounding political naivety in my lifetime apologist appeasement drenched in a self-loathing of our nation and it's history and treason. But the below two clips perfectly encapsulates how once again as Parliament goes into recces the details become apparent to all. It was indeed drenched in national self-loathing and appeasement & the most spurious secuirty grounds which now is evidently clear actually endangers national security far worse than any ICJ advisory text"
X Link 2025-05-22T17:23Z [----] followers, 116.3K engagements
"@kennardmatt Excellent very happy indeed my taxes are going towards helping Israel locate their remaining hostages. What a pity you'd rather them continue spending 600+ days in Hamas captivity"
X Link 2025-06-02T06:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Never saw this coming checks notes last month. What an appallingly chaotic situation Starmer Hermer & Sands chose to put the UK in. Aged like milk in this heat. The disasterously short-sighted treaty says that Britain agrees to expeditiously inform Mauritius of any armed attack on a third state directly emanating from the base on Diego Garcia. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/06/19/britain-inform-iran-ally-mauritius-air-strikes-chagos/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/06/19/britain-inform-iran-ally-mauritius-air-strikes-chagos/"
X Link 2025-06-19T14:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The sad slide into irrelevance at best dishonesty at worst by one of the once finest mil twitter accounts continues unabated. Ultimately the RAF appoints the very best people to lead. Their gender is irrelevant to their work and this issue. In case of BZZ there will be many things that can be tweaked but its nothing to do with fact the CO hasnt done a recent flying tour. / Ultimately the RAF appoints the very best people to lead. Their gender is irrelevant to their work and this issue. In case of BZZ there will be many things that can be tweaked but its nothing to do with fact the CO hasnt"
X Link 2025-06-20T18:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Outstanding article by @JakeWSimons 'While European leaders wagged their fingers and quivered in their beds the citizens of the Middle Easts only democracy demonstrated what may be achieved in a country that has not discarded its old loves of flag faith and family'. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/22/trump-netanyahu-nobel-peace-prize-iran-attack-nuclear/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/22/trump-netanyahu-nobel-peace-prize-iran-attack-nuclear/"
X Link 2025-06-22T09:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Iran is poised to deploy its proxies in its revenge against the west. The UK must support its allies & & our own national security interests by proscribing the Polisario Front as a terrorist organisation. My latest for @Telegraph ✍ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/01/iran-proxies-britain-the-west/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/01/iran-proxies-britain-the-west/"
X Link 2025-07-01T15:24Z [----] followers, 25.9K engagements
"@CCCortbus @Telegraph Last Friday's attacks on civilians involved at least [--] Iranian manufactured & supplied Aresh 122mm rockets. Their Syria liaison works in lockstep with the Iranian regime to plot against Israeli targets. That's an Iranian proxy. Algeria provide sanctury - it isn't a proxy"
X Link 2025-07-01T15:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Listening to @campbellclaret on @RestIsPolitics draw moral equivalence between Bob Vylan & Elvis gesticulating on stage [--] years ago or the Beatles () is a new morally bankrupt moment in his increasingly insignificant public platform - even for him"
X Link 2025-07-06T14:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@s8mb Once again: Afghan - 'Afghani' is the currency. Please do better this is getting tiring"
X Link 2025-07-17T18:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Bold claim for a military w/ land forces at 30% medically undeployable; an armoured division w/ [--] regiments worth of tanks; & Royal Navy with [--] amphibious assault ships; & an Air Force with [--] sqds of 5th gen fighters. Britain ready to fight over Taiwan https://share.google/XzJPlaG6b5bOA1A4w https://share.google/XzJPlaG6b5bOA1A4w"
X Link 2025-07-27T15:18Z [----] followers, 22.1K engagements
"Important article featuring my incredible colleague @Chloe_chc_25 The increased dangers to democracy activists like Chloe - indeed anyone who stands up against the CCP - will be magnified if this gvt approves #China's new #MegaEmbassy It must now be finally blocked 🚫 🔴 If it goes ahead Chinas new embassy would have a bigger site and a larger floor area than Americas the largest anywhere in Europe Read more below https://t.co/Av5CaS9etP https://t.co/FKY9kd3QcJ 🔴 If it goes ahead Chinas new embassy would have a bigger site and a larger floor area than Americas the largest anywhere in Europe"
X Link 2025-08-11T12:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@dandroid20XX Injured [--] year old fighting age males 70-80% of whom support Hamas - what part of that can you not grasp What part of that do you require further help with"
X Link 2025-08-18T17:28Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"The grim reality unfolding for Ukraine is a so-called 'land-swap' for Donestk will be imposed on a constitionally-restricted Zelensky in return for some form of security guarantees from the US. Today's meeting with European heads will hopefully finally flesh those plans out"
X Link 2025-08-18T17:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"RIP Progressive Realism. Where we kowtow to China but diplomatically blackmail Israel. May it never see light again. Commiserations @benjudah"
X Link 2025-09-05T15:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"This is massive from An extra 362bn GBP by [----] - or 50bn a year - roughly the same as current defence budget . Western Europe realising the [--] year peace dividend is over. Hopefully to follow. La loi de programmation militaire que nous allons prsenter devant le Parlement est historique. Par son ampleur comme par ses ambitions : prparer larme de demain conserver notre supriorit oprationnelle. [---] milliards deuros. Le prix de notre scurit. https://t.co/pAqnP78Z8u La loi de programmation militaire que nous allons prsenter devant le Parlement est historique. Par son ampleur comme par ses"
X Link 2023-04-05T17:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"As Starmer and his advisors scurry to Paris this morning collectively shamed by Washington into finally pulling their finger out on defence here's two cold hard realities. [--]. The idea of deploying a peacekeeping force to Ukraine is indeed noble. But the UK have four deployable brigades for such a task. These would need to be re-rolled into a coherent entity or BCT plus a corps level HQ which would be expected by allies. This would exhaust the British Army - with many units up to one third non-deployable. The notion of a 10k UK force I've seen doing the rounds is simply laughable. At most a"
X Link 2025-02-17T08:38Z [----] followers, 124.4K engagements
"@Dunkirk_1940 @Dan1763 @Telegraph Almost [--] War in Europe talk of deploying troops with no plan and no money. No mention how he's even going to reach that figure - two tenths of a %. It isn't hard. Meanwhile hand over fist for Mauritius net zero carbon capture overseas climate aid. Pathetic"
X Link 2025-02-20T07:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"The state of our Armed Forces would be laughable if it wasn't so serious. Imagine. Imagine at a minimum witnessing what Russia have done for the last [--] years. What China are plainly advertising they're intending to do. The fact we've allowed our Army to fall to 50k deployable soldiers who in turn could just about muster a bridge level deployment for [--] years max - is nothing short of a national scandal & professional negligence. And it isn't the politicians I blame so much (they evidently understand very little about defence & geopolitics) - it's the senior civil servants & advisors who"
X Link 2025-04-30T07:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"It's under [----] that have been brought across at a cost of 450mn. I really wish people would do some basic fact checking - especially people who should know better. As someone who deployed to Afghanistan speaks Pashtu & worked on the ARAP scheme last year under this gvt - the level of misinformation on this story is a classic case of this gvt failing to get ahead of the news agenda & failure after failure from the Number Ten comms team. Pitiful & little wonder why confidence in gvt is at an all time low. Do better - both gvt comms teams & people reporting on sensitive cases the public are"
X Link 2025-07-15T17:16Z [----] followers, 48.2K engagements
"I can fully believe. @b_judah's 'progressive realism' continues unabated & remains Master Strategist. To say the Americans are absolutely incandescent at Labours Foreign Secretary David Lammy - for absolutely wrecking negotiations with Hamas for the release of the hostages - would be a very substantial under-statement. They cant believe he has behaved so childishly and stupidly To say the Americans are absolutely incandescent at Labours Foreign Secretary David Lammy - for absolutely wrecking negotiations with Hamas for the release of the hostages - would be a very substantial under-statement."
X Link 2025-08-01T12:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"At this point I'm convinced that the Head of Comms at Downing Street is a plant & you can't change my mind. They are quickly going down as an abject lesson in how not to do comms and will be studied for years after. Good work getting community noted on your own policy. Our Plan for Change is about putting working people first. The [--] bus fare cap has already cut costs forfamilies. Were extending it making travel simpler cheaper and better for everyone. Our Plan for Change is about putting working people first. The [--] bus fare cap has already cut costs forfamilies. Were extending it making"
X Link 2025-08-23T16:25Z [----] followers, 28.1K engagements
"Let's be clear: a Peace Board involving regional experts including Tony Blair is absolutely essential whilst the PA reform & Hamas demilitarise. The current Palestinian political experiment was run in '05 & '06 & led to October [--]. Grateful to be on @GMB this morning"
X Link 2025-10-14T12:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Fundamentally this paper seeks to address two key questions: [--]. How Britains forward-deployed conventional forces are connected to Trident; & [--]. How can the UK signal its preparedness to fight in the event that its forward presence particularly in e/Europe is challenged"
X Link 2025-10-31T09:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"4. Consider learning from the US Navys SLCM-N programme & how this could provide further sub-strategic nuclear capability. This would reinforce the @RoyalNavy's leadership in the Atlantic Bastion strategy for NATO in addition to supporting deterrence in the Indo-Pacific"
X Link 2025-10-31T09:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Fundamentally Britains adversaries are increasingly stress-testing the deterrent resolve of the UK and its allies & partners especially non-NATO treaty partners - in particular Moldova Japan & Taiwan. Other than sub-threshold attacks NATO deterrence has held for now"
X Link 2025-10-31T09:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"But were the and its Euro-Atlantic allies to allow to fall or emerge strategically & territorially weaker would an emboldened move to test NATO deterrence and resolve more broadly above the threshold for conflict"
X Link 2025-10-31T09:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"This week I've got friends travelling to Norway with the Defence Secretary winning global human rights awards 🏛 & knocking out book launches 📘🥂 Meanwhile George and I are busy exploring our new home in Yorkshire Still busy writing papers with a lot of behind the scenes work too I'll be back in and out of Westminster over the next couple of weeks for events socials and some meetings but think I've finally cracked the work-life balance 🐶🍂"
X Link 2025-11-04T09:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"David Lammy is beyond lightweight. That he is now deputy Prime Minister (let alone Justice) is indicative just how a. unserious this government are and b. how unqualified for their roles many are. Depressing. Instead of LOSING his temper in the Commons the Justice Secretary needs to FIND the latest foreign criminal he accidentally let out of jail. https://t.co/hSskhaYfBS Instead of LOSING his temper in the Commons the Justice Secretary needs to FIND the latest foreign criminal he accidentally let out of jail. https://t.co/hSskhaYfBS"
X Link 2025-11-05T13:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Always very humbled to be asked to lay the wreath at my old village church in Nottinghamshire my father's family parish home for five generations of Clarks some of whom served in the Second World War and earned medals for valour. Honoured to have followed in their footsteps"
X Link 2025-11-09T18:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Make no mistake our closest allies are watching uneasily and our enemies will be rubbing their hands. Neatly summarises how this government's obsession with lawfare is threatening to erode combat effectiveness. A million miles away from 'doubling lethality'. @ArmyCGS https://www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/article/british-army-former-soldiers-keir-starmer-human-rights-law-972vjx27m https://www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/article/british-army-former-soldiers-keir-starmer-human-rights-law-972vjx27m"
X Link 2025-11-10T22:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"I'm old enough to recall @DefenceHQ repeatedly saying the UK must learn lessons from Ukraine. This is not it: offshoring a strategic battlefield capability to a Chinese company beholden to the CCP. We must do better than this. Some words from me 👇 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/11/15/army-uses-chinese-weapons-company-security-concerns/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/11/15/army-uses-chinese-weapons-company-security-concerns/"
X Link 2025-11-16T09:40Z [----] followers, 11.5K engagements
"@AndrewSabisky @DefenceHQ There's a difference between "v v hard to avoid using some China-manufactured stuff somewhere" - and offshoring an entire system of process to China"
X Link 2025-11-16T19:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"When I joined the Army all my instructors were Northern Ireland veterans. I owe these men & the generation that went before me much for shaping the soldier and man I became. It was important therefore to show solidarity with them today against the government's Northern Ireland Troubles Bill"
X Link 2025-11-18T18:04Z [----] followers, 22.1K engagements
"Whilst agreeing with the below points let's not forget it's the Army that will mostly fight and die in the next war just as they have in all others. Even the Falklands - a largely land campaign in a somewhat contested maritime domain - majority deaths were the Army's. Narrator: The army already has the second biggest slice of the equipment budget. We also live on an island. Narrator: The army already has the second biggest slice of the equipment budget. We also live on an island"
X Link 2025-11-22T19:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@BenObeseJecty Strong agree"
X Link 2025-11-22T20:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Deterrence is of course preferred - and the ultimate aim. But if we are to have a war fighting readiness as consistently banged on about then capability must match intent. Atm the Army could not sustain a brigade in Europe past [--] months. To shell away from the fact the Army does the heavy fighting when we must fight is simply to ignore history and reality. We are an island yes. But no one is seriously expecting us to fight past the EuroAsia land mass. The Army will dominate the next war we are in. To continue to under-resource is negligence"
X Link 2025-11-22T22:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"On Ajax. The problem for me is what on earth are the Army going to deploy in in 3-5 years No Ajax. And zero chance this (or any other for that matter) government won't give another 2bn for CV90 fleet (not when MOD have a further 2.5bn blackhole). Now comes the really messy part No Morpheus. The LE TacCIS program runs through Ajax into AH III and Boxer (also likely two years delayed) AND CH3 (all [--] regiments of them down from [--] - a further convenienant oversight no one wants to talk about). Shambles. The Army will be deploying in near-half century old Warriors half of which are already"
X Link 2025-12-05T11:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"On Ajax. The problem for me is what on earth are the Army going to deploy in in 3-5 years No Ajax. And zero chance this (or any other for that matter) government will give another 2bn for CV90 fleet (not when MOD have a further 2.5bn blackhole). Now comes the really messy part No Morpheus. The LE TacCIS program runs through Ajax into AH III and Boxer (also likely two years delayed) AND CH3 (all [--] regiments of them down from [--] - a further convenienant oversight no one wants to talk about). Shambles. The Army will be deploying in near-half century old Warriors half of which are already in"
X Link 2025-12-05T12:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@Omnifoul No completely agree with you - apolgoies should have stressed x3 as a 'bare min' for just the operational rotation factoring in no extra headwind etc"
X Link 2026-01-09T12:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Everybody involved in approving this grubby deal should be prosecuted under the Treason Act. To claim ignorance at this stage is beyond professional negligence - it is outright duplicity in espionage conducted by a systemic rival - not a friend. For goodness sake when will the people running Whitehall get a grip. 'The drawings show that a single concealed chamber will sit directly alongside fibre-optic cables transmitting financial data to the City of London as well as email and messaging traffic for millions of internet users'. Uncovered: Secret room beneath Chinese embassy that poses"
X Link 2026-01-12T17:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Jokes on the government nobody has any clue where our 'Strategic Reserve' are as I pointed out to @SkyNews @haynesdeborah almost [--] years ago. https://news.sky.com/story/uk-risks-being-unable-to-call-up-vital-personnel-without-national-plan-for-war-says-military-analyst-13107252 NEW: The age at which UK military veterans who form part of Britain's strategic reserve can be called upon to go to war will increase from [--] to [--] under Government plans. Story: https://t.co/DIMPYTexFv"
X Link 2026-01-15T14:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"No this is fair - I think I said 'nearly' a decade though - but take your point. Numbers ebbed and flowed of course from [----] (division strength Iraq + forces in Kabul) to [----] with complex withdrawal from Iraq (brigade) with an intense Herrick campaign (brigade). My point is we can sustain neither option now - especially in a far heavier contested land and air domain than we were before. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2012497984773038085 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2012497984773038085"
X Link 2026-01-17T12:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Return to @SkyNews this morning on the ongoing situation with US - Greenland My initial thoughts: The UK Prime Minister is doing well to hold off announcing reciprocal tariffs as the EU have done - whether people like it or not this shows shrewd diplomatic positioning - the UK's 10% tariffs may stay at this rate past the June [--] deadline as a result (look to how Trump responded positively to countries last year who did not escalate initial US tariffs) whilst other European nations will likely jump to 25% - a fiscal hit that UK car manufacturing pharmaceuticals and chemicals industries would"
X Link 2026-01-19T14:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Former colleague & friend @Chloe_chc_25 has been a steadfast campaigner against 's Mega Spy Embassy. However for bountied Hong Kongers like Chloe this represents a further erosion of their safety on the streets of the UK - now wilfully by the British gvt. Beyond shameful. 'If I go in I will never come out.' Public Affairs and Advocacy at Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Chloe Cheung says the newly approved Chinese super-embassy in London will lead to 'more interference' and 'more intimidation' of Hong Kong natives settling in the UK. https://t.co/qt6qsySJno 'If I go in I will never come"
X Link 2026-01-20T19:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"My final deployment in [----] was with the Brigade Operations Group a helicopter assault force inserting directly behind the Taliban's front lines & ahead of the FLOT for days on end. Hard not to take Trump's comments personally. Thanks to @miriam_cates @Alexarmstrong Trump's assertion that NATO allies "stayed a little off the front lines" in Afghanistan is not just historically inaccurateBritish Canadian Danish and other troops were deeply engaged in fierce combat zones like Helmand Province with many fallen in support of a U.S.-led Trump's assertion that NATO allies "stayed a little off the"
X Link 2026-01-23T11:20Z [----] followers, 14.9K engagements
"Caveating that I have enormous respect for Al Carns but respectively this is very misleading. Huge pull factors for improved retention are bleak civilian job market & inflation-busting pay rises for the military. Next - respectfully - large amounts of the UK's Special Forces (inc. friends of mine) are leaving because of your government's horrific NI Legacy Act - a Bill in which Al himself abstained from voting for this week and in which his own government's NI veterans commissioner has firmly denounced. Is the Northern Ireland Legacy Act impacting recruitment and retention The answer is NO. -"
X Link 2026-01-23T22:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Slight edit to this excellent point made by Matthew: 'Amounting to [-----] to [-----] personnel from an Army of 53000 deployable soldiers' You cannot bank a 'strategic reserve corps' with circa [-----] non-deployable troops. At best they can be used to to fulfil ROG duties. But the UK has told NATO it will provide a strategic reserve corps in a major crisis. This will be extremely challenging amounting to [-----] to [-----] personnel from an Army of [-----]. And right now they would have limited air defences electronic warfare artillery etc. But the UK has told NATO it will provide a strategic reserve"
X Link 2026-01-17T12:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Imagine grovelling for breadcrumbs from a regime funding Russia's war in Ukraine conducts systemic espionage sanctions our politicians conducts genocide against its own Muslims & mocks our trade relaitonship with the largest deficit in modern history. What an utter fool"
X Link 2026-01-29T16:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@bill_hayton @CleoPaskal Ah Bill right on cue"
X Link 2026-01-29T18:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Absolutely spot on from @MsMelChen on Mandelson the CCP and Starmer's horrifically poor judgement regarding Beijing 👇 'If you are wondering why so many of Starmer's actions as PM seem to align with the CCP's agenda whether it comes to Chagos the refusal to characterize China as a "threat" to Britain and therefore collapse a spy case or the green lighting of a new China "mega embassy" you have to look deeper into Mandelson's record on China.' Mandelson's downfall is truly a loss for the CCP which invested heavily in cultivating him as a key asset within the British elite to advance its agenda"
X Link 2026-02-07T11:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The #Taliban generate approx 1.5bn (conservative) in opium tax - I don't think threats of withdrawing 155mn in ODA will make the blindest bit of difference somehow I cannot believe this is now the sum of our new foreign policy to hold the Taliban to account: Applying sanctions and holding back ODA. This will not prevent a civil war - nor deter the Taliban from imposing a ruthless interpretation of Sharia law. https://t.co/R9ah9Q1DT8 I cannot believe this is now the sum of our new foreign policy to hold the Taliban to account: Applying sanctions and holding back ODA. This will not prevent a"
X Link 2021-08-16T22:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"New Report Living with the Dragon: What does a coherent UK policy towards China look like @Civitas_UK"
X Link 2024-10-14T08:39Z [----] followers, 24.5K engagements
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