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FTR shattering letter about how the Conservative Government ignored the entirely credible threat from Putin in favour of feeding The City (& Tory Party) roubles👇

March 23 2022
Carl Scott, Air Commodore (Retired), UK defence attaché in Moscow for five years, 2011-2016

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[4x screenshots from FINANCIAL TIMES] Letter: A defence attaché despairs at inevitability of conflict From Carl Scott, Air Commodore (Retired), Oakham, Rutland, UK [Photo of Sherlock Holmes and Watson monument at the British Embassy in Moscow] MARCH 23 2022The recent article by Maria Stepanova "The war of Putin's imagination" (Life & Arts, FT Weekend, March 19) was exemplary. However, one jarring note was the unfounded notion that no one expected this aggression from the Kremlin. I served as the UK's defence attaché in Moscow for five years, 2011-2016, during which time this long, dark march to war was obvious, the path to conflict lit by the many pronouncements emanating from the dark red walls of Vladimir Putin's palace. We reported the inevitability of conflict in detail, regularly and with the despair of Cassandra. One of the earliest reports opened with a line from Sherlock Holmes, whose statue stands outside the British Embassy wall: "There's an east wind coming all the same, such a wind as never blew on England yet. It will be cold and bitter, Watson, and a good many of us may wither before its blast."The evidence of Putin's chosen path was never concealed. His many declarations were meant to be heard and understood: the colossal rearmament programme, the demand for more complex, more lethal weaponry; the militarisation of society; the distortion and seizure of the popular narrative; domination of education, the media and the courts to exclude contrasting views and, ultimately, the alienation and destruction of those among the Russian people who understood the folly of his declared ambition. The list is remorseless, the consequences could not be ignored. But they were. It was not until I returned to the UK on the eve of our withdrawal from the EU, a manoeuvre which greatly emboldened those in Moscow, that I understood how our society had changed in the years I was serving overseas.All was subjugated to the City, all served the interests of our lucrative status as a safe haven for corrupt, and corrupting, wealth. The values we were demanding of other nations had long since faded from our own actions. I despair at the decisions Putin has taken, but even more at the prospect of finding credible leadership at home in the UK among those who have compromised so long with his regime and the wealth it offered. Carl Scott Air Commodore (Retired) Oakham, Rutland, UK
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Cynics might suggest that Jenrick’s comments were made solely for the purpose of getting airtime & attention for his flailing party. What is clear though is that lawyer Jenrick chose his words exceedingly carefully: the operative word he used was “if”, leaving Farage all the wiggle room he needed.

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What did you make of the former chair of NHS Improvement, Baroness Harding of Winscombe basically saying if it was up to her, we should be machine-gunning the hospitals? THE HOSPITALS, NOT THE PATIENTS USING THE HOSPITALS! She said that would stop them getting sick straight away.

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The stand-out most factually incorrect claim amongst a veritable blizzard of fatuous claims from Jaymey McIvor here is his suggestion that they’ll work into the night, *six days a week* to deliver what they promise. Mate, your boss Nigel barely rocks up to Parliament six times a year, if even that.

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