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Robert Courts KC

@robertcourts

Director, Ascalane Partners. Formerly Minister for Aviation, Maritime & Security, Chair of Defence Select Committee, HM Solicitor-General. Barrister & Mediator.

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Banks are “de-banking” UK defence firms: 73 % can’t even open an account, says ADS. How do we fund rearmament if finance shuts the door? 👀 telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/2…

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Are the Government trying to completely blow this issue up? This is a total abuse of Parliament and of their MPs. It actually leaves MPs with concerns with no choice but to vote the Bill down at 2R - as there is simply no time to get it into shape from their perspective. Wow.

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This all suggests a total lack of understanding of Parliament and how to manage government business. Almost as if they are deliberately trying to explode the issue. Appears Government has learned nothing from its handling problems the last week or so.

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Palestine Action is preparing to launch a wave of attacks on RAF bases across the United Kingdom, the Telegraph reveals after its journalists infiltrated the group and attended an online meeting. dailysceptic.org/2025/06/26/exp…

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Three people arrested on terror offence after two RAF aircraft damaged in RAF Brize Norton break-in gbnews.com/news/palestine…

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Chagossian campaigners issue plea for MPs to force ministers to pause 'rushed' Chagos Islands deal gbnews.com/politics/chago…

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Grant’s right. Same rent-a-mob, new flag. They broke the law as Just Stop Oil — now they’re doing it again. The ban’s a start, but only jail stopped them last time. We need to show how ordinary people feel about their contempt for the law and this country.

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Chagos latest: confirmation that the US will not contribute at all to the £30bn leaseback deal, they will only contribute to ‘operational costs’ for Diego Garcia, as at present. No wonder the US backs this deal - the £30bn cost falls entirely on UK taxpayers.

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🚨 NEW: Four people have been charged after £7m of damage was caused to two aircraft at RAF Brize Norton - Amy Gardiner-Gibson, 29, of no fixed abode - Daniel Jeronymides-Norie, 35, from London - Jony Cink, aged 24, of no fixed abode - Lewie Chiaramello, 22, from London

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'Change course now!' Keir Starmer is second worst PM of 21st century, damning report says #GBNews #News #Starmer #Politics Read my piece for GB News below 👇

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One of the greats is gone. Norman Tebbit was tough, principled and utterly fearless: a working-class Tory who rose to the top, stared down the IRA, and never stopped fighting for what he believed in. A man of duty, intellect and decency.

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There will be plenty on Lord Tebbit’s politics today. Here’s something about the pilot. Because before he took on the unions, Norman Tebbit flew Vampires and BOAC jets. When I first came across him in the Lords - probably as AvMin but it may have been in a defence context - I

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🧵 Yesterday, despite overwhelming evidence that they would be a disaster, the proponents of wealth taxes were out in force. 🤔 “Why not tax wealth?” Because it’s been tried, it’s always failed, and it’s just plain wrong 👇

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Lord Hermer’s new legal guidance quietly rewrites the UK constitution. 🔹 Ministers can now be reported if they act without a “tenable” legal argument. 🔹 International law is given equal footing with Acts of Parliament. 🔹 Every policy is treated as a legal risk. This isn’t

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“Whoever would have thought that a government headed by a human rights lawyer would hand policy control to… a human rights lawyer?” Stephen Pollard nails it: invaluable as today’s Telegraph scoop is – it simply confirms what’s been obvious since Labour took office last July.

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🚨 Maritime piracy surged 50% in H1 2025. Armed attacks rising in West Africa, Singapore Strait & S. America. 100 seafarers held hostage/threatened. Trouble brewing at sea again: shippingtelegraph.com/piracy-news/pi…

🚨 Maritime piracy surged 50% in H1 2025. Armed attacks rising in West Africa, Singapore Strait & S. America. 100 seafarers held hostage/threatened. Trouble brewing at sea again: shippingtelegraph.com/piracy-news/pi…
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Another graphic Houthi strike on a Greek bulker (Eternity C) in the Red Sea—this threat isn’t going away. No ship is truly safe. Still pretending this is temporary? shippingtelegraph.com/shipping-repor…

Another graphic Houthi strike on a Greek bulker (Eternity C) in the Red Sea—this threat isn’t going away. No ship is truly safe. Still pretending this is temporary? shippingtelegraph.com/shipping-repor…
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South Korea just froze its $3.5bn Apache deal—slashing funding by 97%. Unmanned systems are now in the frame. Another step toward the end of manned attack helicopters? breakingdefense.com/2025/07/south-…

South Korea just froze its $3.5bn Apache deal—slashing funding by 97%. Unmanned systems are now in the frame. 

Another step toward the end of manned attack helicopters? 

breakingdefense.com/2025/07/south-…