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INDIA / PAKISTAN: Here's a simple summary: 👉Why this ceasefire is so fragile. 👉And the potential for serious escalation is very real.

As Defence Chair I long called for greater oversight of our SF. Only after much push back was the Committee eventually allowed to visit Hereford (as per the US system). We were very much welcomed - allowing critical issues to be raised confidently a fed back into the MOD.

GAZA: 👇The world cannot watch this unfold and do nothing. We have an obligation to act.

👇Putin continues to play the West. When will we wake up?

UK SECURITY: Global events are moving fast and in the wrong direction. My call for an ALL OF SOCIETY approach to prepare Britain for what's coming over the hill. GB News

👇Congratulations- A fine appointment . And long overdue for a marine to hold this post.

ISREAL'S 10 week blockade: If Netanyahu refuses to open the Gaza border - the RAF should lead efforts to airdrop food and medical supplies immediately. We cannot watch this catastrophe unfold and do nothing.

Honored to speak at the WORLD PROCUREMENT CONGRESS this week. Though surprised by how little awareness there is among multinationals about supply chains beyond Tier 1. Disrupting SMEs is now a key tactic our adversaries use — this is grey zone warfare. 👇My thoughts.

UK/ EU SUMMIT 👉 Not surprised to so see some of the dated slogans on Brexit wheeled out again. 🙄 👉BREXIT was a 5 yr contract. However you voted - can't think anyone would NOT want to upgrade it. 👉In 2020 security co-op was deliberately excluded. TODAY 🇷🇺 makes it a must.

UK/ EU: I'm going to have the courage to say this BREXIT upgrade is good for Britain: 👉 A new security deal 👉 Access to EU arms plan 👉 Youth study exchange 👉 UK to access e-gates 👉 Food/agri /fish border delays removed 👉 Utility co's can sell energy to continent Yes -

Confused about Diego Garcia? 👇Here's a more strategic picture of what's at stake. There's a growing populist segment of Britain - increasingly ambivalent towards int'l law- some actively encouraging we should ignore it. Is this really where Britain should be going? We were

👇Trump is finally realising the folly of his strategy in treating the aggressor 🇷🇺 and the victim 🇺🇦 equally. RUSSIA must be challenged. Not appeased. UKRAINE must be supported. Not abandoned.

If TRUMP were serious about standing up to PUTIN… He’d call for a no-fly zone over Ukraine - backed by a Coalition of the Willing - ready to take down Russian drones and missiles in Ukrainian airspace. This would change the trajectory of the war.

👇Welcome but so late in the day: Sadly our support from D1 has been defined by a pattern of: 👉 protracted debate 👉 delay 👉 delivery with caveats NLAWs, HIMARS, Howitzers, tanks, F16's & missiles. Let's rekindle our Cold War statecraft to look Putin in the eye & not blink

Delighted to participate in RUSI study day on NATO's Allied Rapid Reaction Corps. As we belatedly develop a backbone to support Ukraine it's good to see the depth of competence across NATO - which, in relation to Russia, still remains un-utilised.

👇Harsh reality: Russia deploying a low yield tactical nuclear weapon in the next 5 years can't be ruled out. 🇬🇧Buying the F35-A jet + B61 tactical nuclear bomb would see us to join 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 🇧🇪 🇳🇱 (all supported by the US) in operating an airborne tactical nuclear deterrent.

👇My reflections from the Astana International Forum in KAZAKHSTAN. No Borat to be seen! But an eye-opener to see how the West is viewed from here - given the changing geometry of global power.

A (modern) NATIONAL SERVICE? As we await the Defence Review-good to have a lively debate on Good Morning Britain about how, as a nation, we better prepare for the GREY ZONE threats that are inevitably coming over the hill. Apols to Ed Balls who was a former Shadow Chancellor not Chancellor!

BRITAIN'S DEFENCE👇 62 key recommendations keep Britain safe. But we need more than 2.5% GDP to action them all. In the Grey Zone - the enemy is already at our gates. Will it take a major attack to realise our ECONOMY & SECURITY are now one and the same thing?