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A Just Stop Oil spokesman said: “Clause 39 of the Magna Carta is one of four clauses still enshrined in UK common law, a so-called ‘golden passage’ that states: ‘No free man is to be arrested, or imprisoned, or in any other way ruined, except by the lawful judgement (sic) of his peers or by the law...

Speak of the Devil, the RVC are at the border right now.. https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/112416597980510662 Unclear where though.. First pics of Russian armour destroyed across the Ukrainian border, by about 3 klicks. https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/112416352968730190 Claimed to be here. I can'...

It's nuisance actions. The Russians don't have the troops to occupy any meaningful area of Ukraine near Kharkiv, nevermind the impossibility of shifting significant troops and armour there covertly. Indeed, Zelenskyi has just made a statement confirming they were well aware of Russian preparations. ...

Canada's Navy is in a worse state, and it still recruits directly, so Crapita on its own is not the major part of the problem (although it isn't achieving anything at great expense). https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-canadas-navy-doesnt-just-have-a-recruitment-crisis-it-also-has-a/ I d...

My classic was having the Weapons (including nuclear) Employment Course, NBC Instructor, and a Physics degree, and I'd done some work at Harwell, but still having to do the one day school radiation source supervisor course. Utter waste of everyone's time. But that's box-ticking (or not) for you! ..a...

Cold layer just below the surface this time of year, I would have thought.

Now over to our reporter in Senegal, Anna Nutherwun.



Looks like an aborted takeoff and overrun. No deaths, 11 injuries, 4 serious including one pilot.

A Boeing has about the same chance of a soft landing as the economy

Best comment: "I played this song for a few friends. None of them liked it. Clearly, I need new friends"

He's wearing harem pants for a reason.... I recall a pleasant summer afternoon with 22 Sqn in a Wessex out of Chivenor. I spent the first half being Duty Victim, sprawling myself halfway down or at the bottom of cliffs for the boys to do their stuff. They knew where all the girls sunbathed topless, ...

Construction Season has started - Hammer Time!

Ah yes, the little-known Boston Turnip Party, which preceded the American version by 30 years.

The T-90 Russian tank - absolutely invincible.

The T-90 Russian tank with a hatch open......
https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/112404234511749397

I've only ever heard and used roofs, and I've had to deal with Grammar Nazis from Himmler's inner circle!

What comes next in Chechnya will be the same as the rest of the Third World. Kadyrov's trying to line his sons up for the leadership, but he likely won't last long enough, so he will look for putin to control the actual leader till they are old enough. However, one dark night, his sons will all fall...

Must be using Benedictine monks driving an electric van.

Dunno what to make of this.
Kadyrov is quite possibly on some drug or other.
I don't see how the Russians have the forces to take Kharkiv, and Odesa is right out.
https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/112400409299894104

Concrete and steel don't burn, fuel trains and ammo trucks do. I note that whenever there's an air alert anywhere in Crimea, they shut the Bridge. The Ukrainians didn't damage the bridge directly last time, but blew up a truck whilst a fuel train was passing. I shouldn't think the Russians have conf...

putin's spooked, then, with all that BS rhetoric. But as Ukrainian Intelligence said in response: "So far, we don’t see anything new, except for the disinformation effect and statements. Nuclear blackmail is a common practice of the Putin regime. There is no epoch-making news here." Speaking of dron...

His performances as King Theoden of the Rohorrim in The Lord of the Rings were excellent. It isn't every actor who can deliver just a few simple words and generate enduring quotes across multiple media. e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYSYAHDKtvM ..and of course he got to lead the greatest char...