Backstay ⛵⚓ @wrightdi
Ship Faced Aquaholic, Chartered Engineer, sleep specialist 💤🛌 & STEM ambassador. Now working in the dark arts (safety management) Views expressed are my own Rock and Tempest, Fire and Foe Joined April 2012-
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@TalkTV @iancollinsuk What's being done to "re-educate" the judge?
@JPBWFarm Why does the media keep referring to Manchester as 'the North'? It's ~205 miles to the South coast and ~145 miles to the Scottish border. To me that's 'slightly over half way', 'Northish' or 'North midlands' at best. Carlisle or Newcastle are North...
@Colne_Magna_X Why does the media keep referring to Manchester as 'the North'? It's ~205 miles to the South coast and ~145 miles to the Scottish border. To me that's 'slightly over half way', 'Northish' or 'North midlands' at best. Carlisle or Newcastle are North...
@COMUKCSG @HMSPWLS @NATO @RoyalNavy @smrmoorhouse Loving the "slightly bemused" look from the (assumed) female stoker. Did the Fleet Commander crack a joke?
@thinkdefence I think MRZR was only a "beach buggy" technical demonstrator with a full @UKArmaments procurement underway. So delivery in about 10 years? 😉
@FlyNavyPhil 📢 "Close all upperdeck screen doors and hatches"
Backstay ⛵⚓ retweeted
"I have accepted Keir Starmer's resignation as my chief servant and have invited Andy Burnham to lay out details for how many meals a day he'll give me"
@HantsPolRoads How about conducting an occasional patrol in Old Portsmouth? Residents are getting sick of loud motorbikes "racing" up from the sea front or between the Jolly Sailor and @queenshotelport. Reported to @HantsPolice multiple times @StephenMorganMP
@Gunbust09696378 @Bitcoin_Teddy What were we told... Prior Planning and Preparation Prevents a Pretty Poor Performance (or you can add a more 'traditional' 5th P 😂)
@AlistairCarns And yet we keep giving more and more money to the NHS - who can't turn money into health improvements (illness prevention and treatment)
@TimWinRN @RugbyMan1865 @HMS_Collingwood @RN_engineers @IMarEST As a system engineer, I've always felt 'at home' with The IET - already a very broad church and not just limited to Maritime. Is a move to #HybridNavy likely to drive a compelling requirement for the system engineer? #aWEsoME @engines201 @RN_engineers
@triggerpod @PeterBleksley @PatrickChristys Good discussion but your podcast volume all over the place... Too quiet, turn the volume up then someone else comes in booming. Can you try some levelling before uploading? pca.st/episode/e1a024…
@Hantsprints @IllustriousAsso Some other photos from that 'show' and then one from our next visit (little incident with a Merlin... 😉)
@Hantsprints @IllustriousAsso Shame the gash barge was alongside for that photo 😂
Backstay ⛵⚓ retweeted
Al Carns tried to show Keir Starmer the scale of Britain’s defence funding crisis, but Keir wasn’t listening. Too busy protecting the welfare state, he danced around the problem until Carns finally resigned. {satire}
@HMSDuncan @RoyalNavy That's a lot of trips for a Malloy 'heavy' to bring that much mail. Looks like a T150 so a 68 Kg payload. Even a T400 can only lift 180 Kg. So, fine as a proof of concept but we're not getting drone mail anytime soon #FakeNews
@Gunbust09696378 @Clainy6 And did any say thank you? I knew/know where the E in SQEP lies 🫡 However, with the rapid pull through of ratings and officers, it's not there now #dinosaurs
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BREAKING: Defence Secretary @JohnHealey_MP has resigned due to Treasury failure to fund the Defence Investment Plan.
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