Jerome Starkey
@jeromestarkey
Lost my heart (& mind) in Kabul, lost my right to abode in Kenya. Banned from Putin’s Russia (& now on a wanted list). Cover defence & Ukraine for @TheSun.
WSJ editorial: “The latest arms decision against Ukraine looks like another signal to Mr. Putin to continue the war. And why not? He can keep banking territorial gains while Mr. Trump keeps begging the dictator, pretty please, for a truce.” wsj.com/opinion/donald…
1/6 The Russia’s Economy Minister Reshetnikov just admitted the country is “on the verge of recession.” But economic decline is only half the story. Moscow’s geopolitical alliances are also unraveling, from Armenia and Syria to now even uncertainty with Iran.
💥 Punchy claims from CGS Roly Walker at @RUSI_org #lwc25 He said new technology – Project Asgard – was turning the c.900 UK troops in Estonia "from a strategic tripwire into an invasion stopping capability".
.@jeromestarkey The Sun reports Petty Officer arrested after calling in fake bomb warning on board HMS Vanguard alongside in Faslane. thesun.co.uk/news/35828479/…
Doesn’t sunbathe. Who knew.
Senior Iranian official Javad Larijani suggested that Trump could be assassinated by a drone while sunbathing at Mar-a-Lago, claiming it would be "very simple." Trump dismissed the remark, noting he hasn't sunbathed since childhood.
One Russian paper today insists Donald Trump “hasn’t switched to Ukraine’s side. Trump is incapable of being on anyone’s side except his own.” It claims Trump’s “attempt to end the Ukraine conflict on his terms was a dismal failure. He looks like a loser.” #ReadingRussia
💥Three ex submarine captains have been stripped of their OBEs after a string of sex and bullying scandals. They include the Commander of a Vanguard class sub who made a sex tape while in command of nuclear missiles
They were, in fact, about to send a counter proposal to the US offer (which wasn't very detailed). A sixth round of talks had been scheduled. And then Israel attacked.
Trump: Iran was very close to signing what would have been a very good agreement for them.
Apparently, serving members of the @BritishArmy who find themselves accosted by a (scary - not) journalist on the sidelines of the @RUSI_org land warfare conference have been told they must immediately “extricate” themselves!! What a farce. Control freakery gone mad. I may see if…
Bunch of drips in Downing Street scared of being upstaged.
💥 Senior military officers, including the future head of the armed forces, have been “gagged” by No 10 under rules issued across government thetimes.com/article/5adb2e…
💥 Senior military officers, including the future head of the armed forces, have been “gagged” by No 10 under rules issued across government thetimes.com/article/5adb2e…