Metrocity Officer who is fed up of the media spin - my views are my own. Not a criminal, Not corrupt, #StupidandWhite #NAFOfellas
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I have read some suggestions that police officers who take their own lives while under investigation do so because they “cannot face up to their guilt”.
That is an extraordinarily simplistic and dangerous assumption.
It also betrays a profound lack of understanding of just how punitive, protracted and opaque the process of holding police officers to account has become.
I have worked in Policing Professional Standards. I believe absolutely in holding police officers to the highest standards. But accountability without due process is not accountability.
Research has examined the psychological impact of misconduct investigations on officers who were ultimately exonerated. That fact alone should give people pause before casually equating distress with guilt.
An allegation can mean suspension, professional isolation, reputational damage, family and financial pressure, and months or even years of uncertainty. For a police officer, their profession is often a significant part of their identity. Being removed from it while an allegation hangs over them can have profound consequences.
And being cleared does not simply put everything back together.
Some officers will never return to the operational confidence, professional identity or psychological wellbeing they had before the investigation began.
Exoneration cannot return the months or years taken from them. Many will never get promoted again no matter how competent they are.
Police officers must be accountable for wrongdoing. Equally, the institutions investigating them must be accountable for how they investigate.
Due process, timely investigations, transparency and procedural fairness are not protections from accountability. They are what makes accountability legitimate.
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UK Counter Terrorism Policing chief Laurence Taylor suggests the RAF Fairford suspects were released on bail as part of a tactical move by investigators to collect more evidence, which he says was successful
“We know that decisions made during our investigations can sometimes appear illogical to those on the outside, but I want to make it very clear, that there will always be good reason, or rationale behind them. We will always ensure that, should we identify any ongoing threat, we will manage that as part of the investigation.
“Like our adversaries, our tactics vary – and may not always be obvious.
“In this case, this decision-making has led to swifter progress, better evidence and ultimately us securing the charges I have announced today.
“In sensitive investigations like this, it can take time to convert intelligence, into evidence and that is what scores of my officers and staff have been doing over the last few weeks.”
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Behold: The US Defense Intelligence Agency has released a report on challenges to security in space, including an NEI image of China’s spaceplane from Maxar, taken in 2024.
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997 days
Healey vows cheaper marmalade and gherkins in pre-Budget package of 'everyday fixes' bbc.in/4zTnQ4K
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Bridge is such a patriot he wears a £6.99 poppy pin made in China by a Chinese company, where not a penny goes to veterans!!!
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One of the many cyclists who were ignoring the marshals and the signs and riding around in Oxford Street this evening.
He came up to us as I was about to do an interview for @itvlondon
He is with illuminati, so he can do as he likes, apparently.
DR PC_Angry PHD KC 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇺🇦 retweeted
The ‘have three, only have one is available for ops’ is a well-known thing, which has been recklessly discounted by the British 'to do more with less' for many years. Originally 16 x Type 23s. Three sold to Chile 2005, left 13. Therefore four approx avail for global ops (though more could be deployed in time of crisis/war).
But in recent years there have only been eight anti-submarine specialist (ASW) Type 23s, as rest general-purpose vessels. And so, even then only three max T23s (at any one time) could actually fully handle the vitally important ASW roles (protecting the deterrent working in northern seas and monitoring Russian submarine routes more generally).
The UK also failed to replace 6 x Type 22 (Batch 2) ASW ships that were axed late 1990s/early 2000s, then binned 4 x T22 (Batch 3, ASW/general-purpose) without replacement in 2011.
The T23s were meant only to replace Leander Class and Type 21 frigates btw.
The abandonment of common sense 3:1 rule and so having a fleet with, say, 10 frigates available for global ops at any one time, coincided with the notorious 17-year 'frigate building holiday'. Fewer ships left in service were pushed harder and wore out even quicker.
We are now fast approaching a nadir in British naval history (esp with no SSNs on ops) - even a shocking a low in modern global naval history for a so-called leading maritime power. But it should surprise nobody, especially in government or the higher reaches of the military (recent past and present) .
And certainly not a surprise for readers of @WarshipsIFR magazine via our repeated warnings of where things were going, since the first edition in 1998, plus the numerous warnings of other naval specialists on here and elsewhere.
ALT Type 23 (Batch 3) frigate HMS Cumberland receiving a refit in the covered sheds at Devonport Dockyard, 2001. Photo: 2001.
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Time to calm down everyone. There is no ban on entering a Spoons boozer wearing a poppy. Statement below that is in the Daily Express. Always worth waiting for the facts, eh? @georgedmadgwick
Looking forward to having you on my TALK show again soon 😎
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This government is taking preparations for war so seriously that the MoD is being forced to make £3.5Bn of in-year ‘efficiency savings’ during 2026-27.
"we needed to make some savings to bring them into line and balance the books. I have taken decisions to stop doing some things this year” says Streeting.
UK must be ready for war in 1000 days says Streeting trib.al/Tzf9Jil
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Ho hum. Here in Russell Square we have London's supportive response to the protests and riots across Europe involving tens of thousands. At present they number around 30. Not even a visible red or Pally flag.
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Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopter pilot Air Davy shared footage of people in Kharkiv Oblast waving to him as he flew past on his way back from a combat mission in Donetsk Oblast.
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So, 10 days after Starlink/Starshield was limited over Ukraine, Musk has finally crafted his story and decided to break cover with an emotional explanation. Many will argue it exonerates him, I think it poses more questions than answers. Let’s see what’s missing here. 🧵1/6
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The Chinook fleet is dying as it retires and only a niche SF fetish fleet of H-47(ER) Chinooks is been purchased to replace some at an insane cost and while destroying the helicopter portfolio. But lets add another role.
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Absolutely insane footage of Ukrainian soldiers travelling around gas pipelines near Kupyansn on mini mining trains where heavy fighting has been taking place for days underground.
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Ukrainian drones have reached deep into Siberia in a spectacular another long-range operation, targeting Russia’s massive Omsky Kauchuk chemical plant in Omsk, approximately 2,500 kilometers from Ukraine.
Established in 1962, the Soviet-era industrial giant is one of Russia’s most important petrochemical producers, with several significant national distinctions:
- Russia’s largest single-unit MTBE production capacity, producing a critical additive used in high-octane gasoline.
- Russia’s largest isopropyl alcohol production facility, with an annual capacity of 60,000 tonnes.
- Russia’s second-largest MTBE producer, accounting for approximately 16% of national production in 2026.
- One of Russia’s leading phenol producers, accounting for approximately 18% of national production in 2021.
- A top synthetic rubber manufacturer, supplying materials used in tires, industrial equipment, hoses, and other civilian and military applications.
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US energy company execs have resigned in disgust as the Trump family is caught secretly expediting the funneling of $25 billion from a sanctioned Russian energy giant in exchange for allowing Russians to obtain a natural gas project in Alaska.
According to investigations by The New York Times and Financial Times, Russia's Novatek allegedly concealed its financial involvement in the American project through a UAE-linked intermediary.
Gentry Beach, a longtime Trump ally and close friend of Donald Trump Jr., signed an agreement with Novatek to pursue natural gas development in Alaska. Reuters documented the arrangement in February.
Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin discussed this cooperation on the Alaska energy project with Trump's representatives, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, during negotiations involving Russia and Ukraine.
The controversy deepened when Polar Train LNG's CEO, Joel Riddle, raised concerns about concealed Russian financing and possible sanctions violations. He departed in September, followed by other senior executives.
The Financial Times also described discussions about a potential arrangement under which Novatek would provide technology for the Alaska project in exchange for sanctions relief benefiting its Arctic LNG 2 development in Siberia.
According to The New York Times, Riddle and two other departing executives warned the Trump administration about the Russian financing and urged officials to investigate.
The White House maintains that the project was mentioned only briefly and that no detailed discussions took place. There is no established evidence that Kushner or Witkoff knew about the allegedly concealed financing. Polar Train LNG denies wrongdoing.
The central question is how a sanctioned Russian energy company became involved in a major American energy venture while Putin was discussing potential economic cooperation with Trump's representatives and a longtime Trump family associate was pursuing a separate agreement with the same Russian company.
Selling Alaska to the Russians or selling Ukraine to the Russians - to the Trump family it's all the same.
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