Ian Gorrie

Seek medical Assistance now

No just an idiot

Yes same in the RN now.. who used to have a good capability.. paired down to nothing for the bigger bling items .. last RN mine hunter left the gulf recently also.. although they were never designed to operate in conflicted waters ..

The US Navy hasnt had much of a mine sweeping capability for decades and what they had (oddly ) was removed from the Arabian gulf a few weeks ago …?

Depraved

Ed Davey?

Apart from those killed in a drone strike, many more US service personnel were seriously injured as well. Meanwhile, Trump plays golf and couldn't care less.

Worse?

Who cares

Boring …Boring…

chart: Public support for U.S. military intervention in the first days of international conflicts WW2: 97% Afghanistan: 92% persian gulf: 83% iraq: 76% Korea: 75% Kosovo: 58% Grenada: 53% Libya: 47% Iran: 41%

Trump's war on Iran is less popular in its first few days than the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Korea, and smaller and less popular military operations like Kosovo and Libya.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/u...

Trump’s ego-trip war has collided with economic reality but he can’t undo the damage | Rafael Behr The US president’s doctrine of lawless military adventures harms American interests and boosts Vladimir Putin, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

On the absurdity of setting UK interests by a Trump doctrine when not even the US national interest is served by the president www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I know it won't make any difference to his voters, who pay no attention to what's actually going on, and think foresight is for pussies and consequences can be wished away.

But if Farage was PM, we'd now be in a moronic, illegal war he demanded we join 2 days ago, and now thinks is a disaster.

Good Lord, Trump seems to have forgotten that in war, your enemy gets a vote. If the Iranians read this, they will understand he is terrified and desperate, and probably speed up the mining of the straits. Worst war leader in US history.

Study estimates between 1971 and 2021 thevUS caused the deaths 38’million people

Via The Lancet 2025

Sharpest bit of BBC journalism I have heard in a long time

newsreader: how long will it take HMS Dragon to get to Cyprus

Correspondent: it depends how fast it goes

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The grim choice facing the Trump administration: Economic or naval collapse?

Strong "Twilight of the British Empire" vibes from this headline.
edition.cnn.com/2026/03/09/b...

"He lies and then he lies again!"

Donald Trump has denied responsibility for the destruction of a primary school in Iran.

But @mrjamesob.bsky.social thinks he's spotted a contradiction in the President's latest statements...

The President of the USA is now openly threatening Iran with being the target of one of the greatest crimes in world history. Trump is saying he will destroy the basis of life for more than 90 million people.
He should be removed from office for this.

This very straight news piece buried deep within the FT never uses words like corruption or insider dealing but every detail is quietly devastating. Why is the FT virtually alone in the UK media in covering this important story?

Last chance to share your experiences with postal deliveries in Redditch & the Villages!

Despite repeated Royal Mail promises, delayed and missed post continues.

I’ve presented a petition in Parliament and a debate is coming soon.

Your stories will make the strongest case.

As an IR professor, it's depressing that this is outperforming all others as the best theory of US foreign policy

Disgusting, both the orange menace and his sniggering audience. The sinking of the IRIS Dena killed 87 people. I get that being a sailor on a navy ship comes with risks, but it's not funny if they are killed. They were human beings; they have grieving mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, children.

It will be an immense relief if this war really is nearly over, & I don’t want it to continue for a minute longer. But God almighty, what a self-defeating mess. Somehow the US has made itself look weaker ultimately by projecting strength.

Depraved

❗️❗️A Russian-made navigation system, first seen on drones intercepted by Ukrainian air defenses in December, was found in a drone that recently attacked a British air base in Cyprus, — The Times.

So the Delcy Rodriguez of Iran is…

[checks notes]

Ayatollah Khamenei?

If this is actually the new set of strategic goals, the Trump administration is admitting that they have strategically failed and this has been a disaster.