From the choir at Balliol College, Oxford (Boris’ alma mater). From 2019, but summarises his political career (rise and fall) well.
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- 09 Jul 2022 12:40
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5641
- Views: 1628480
- 10 Jun 2022 14:54
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: CDS Appointment & Command Restructuring: News & Discussions
- Replies: 717
- Views: 217523
Re: CDS Appointment & Command Restructuring: News & Discussions
the politicos in India have always been terrified of a coup by the army, a la paki ishtyle. I respectfully disagree sir. The political and civil service cadre and the public at large in India know that the Indian Army is the foremost guarantor of India’s democratic structure and constitution. A cou...
- 10 Jun 2022 01:44
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: CDS Appointment & Command Restructuring: News & Discussions
- Replies: 717
- Views: 217523
Re: CDS Appointment & Command Restructuring: News & Discussions
The narrative that the babooze are selling and it already has a large number of takers among the gawar political crowd is this: The biggest fear is in concentrating the military power of the three defence forces in the hands of one military officer and that is being sold as highly dangerous for the...
- 10 Jun 2022 00:32
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: CDS Appointment & Command Restructuring: News & Discussions
- Replies: 717
- Views: 217523
Re: CDS Appointment & Command Restructuring: News & Discussions
It’s becoming apparent that service chiefs are far too powerful and are respectively disrupting all major Announced reforms to protect their little empires. Opening up the pool of candidates allows for more meritocracy- it’s silly to assume that only those that make it to 4* currently are suitable ...
- 10 Jun 2022 00:17
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: CDS Appointment & Command Restructuring: News & Discussions
- Replies: 717
- Views: 217523
Re: CDS Appointment & Command Restructuring: News & Discussions
It might be instructive to study the background of the US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The US has had 21 of these officers, so their experience could be worth studying. Starting with the current Chairman, and going backwards, the previous role of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs: 1. Mark M...
- 05 Jun 2022 20:03
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
- Replies: 2273
- Views: 862693
- 05 Jun 2022 17:41
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5641
- Views: 1628480
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Platinum Jubilee celebrations of HM Queen Elizabeth II
https://news.sky.com/video/platinum-jub ... t-12626158
https://news.sky.com/video/platinum-jub ... t-12626158
- 02 Jun 2022 14:09
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
- Replies: 5804
- Views: 961732
Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
^^^
Russia and China are acting as allies:
Russia and China are acting as allies:
- 23 May 2022 19:44
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
- Replies: 2716
- Views: 682583
Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Russian diplomat Boris Bondarev resigns over Ukraine war, saying he has 'never been so ashamed of my country' https://news.sky.com/story/russian-diplomat-boris-bondarev-resigns-over-ukraine-war-saying-he-has-never-been-so-ashamed-of-my-country-12619768 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FTbrl9cWIAENSqc?for...
- 23 May 2022 19:42
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
- Replies: 5804
- Views: 961732
- 18 May 2022 02:46
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
- Replies: 2716
- Views: 682583
Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Basically Island England cannot stand a new rising power in Europe and will do anything to take it down. Baikul-ji, are you seriously suggesting that the UK induced Putin to invade Ukraine? Putin decided unilaterally to start this war, not “Sir Humphrey” or the clown in No. 10. As for “rising power...
- 18 May 2022 02:24
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
- Replies: 5804
- Views: 961732
Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Retired Russian Colonel speaking on Russian TV channel:
- 17 May 2022 14:32
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Russian / Ukranian Combat Tactics
- Replies: 1204
- Views: 482187
Re: Russian / Ukranian Combat Tactics
Guys, It's not even India's war yet you guys are reporting each other. Be temperate and don't get banned. brar can you lay off the outright support for Ukraine. We don't have info yet you repeatedly rush to defend Ukraine. And others we all know his bias. So what do you get by saying teacher, teach...
- 01 May 2022 15:21
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Army News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
- Replies: 562
- Views: 294943
Re: Indian Army News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1520681842479099905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1520681842479099905%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hindustantimes.com%2F We are very clear that we will not permit any change in the status quo and any loss of territory: Ar...
- 01 May 2022 15:13
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Army News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
- Replies: 562
- Views: 294943
- 01 May 2022 15:00
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Army News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
- Replies: 562
- Views: 294943
Re: Indian Army News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
General Manoj Pande takes charge as Army Chief:
https://indianexpress.com/article/india ... f-7894829/
https://indianexpress.com/article/india ... f-7894829/
- 22 Apr 2022 13:13
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5641
- Views: 1628480
- 19 Apr 2022 03:57
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
- Replies: 1756
- Views: 419549
Re: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
Interesting article. Nothing we didn’t know, but interesting nevertheless. Misses a few more reasons for the crisis: - cut in tax rates; drove up the fiscal deficit; lowered credit ratings; lost access to the bond market - covid-19; reduction in tourism related income / FX inflow - distorted officia...
- 18 Apr 2022 13:10
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4422
- Views: 1340768
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
NYT: Death Toll From Pakistani Airstrike Rises to 45, Afghan Officials Say The airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan early Saturday morning escalated already simmering tensions between the two countries. By Safiullah Padshah, Christina Goldbaum and Ihsanullah Tipu Mehsud April 17, 2022 KABUL, Afghanista...
- 01 Apr 2022 01:06
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5641
- Views: 1628480
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
https://twitter.com/DrSJaishankar/status/1509590887440912391?cxt=HHwWjsCoob-6kvMpAAAA Just concluded the Annual Strategic Review of Roadmap 2030 with UK FS @trussliz. Noted that we have made good progress on all its pillars. Promising prospects in trade and investments, defence & security, migra...
- 28 Mar 2022 22:46
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
- Replies: 5804
- Views: 961732
Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Ram Madhav in the IE. Comparing President Putin with Hitler. Beijing wants ‘business as usual’. But Delhi is having none of it After India abstained from the vote on Ukraine at the UNSC and the UN, both the Russians and the Chinese have tried to project it as India’s support to them. The Russian env...
- 28 Mar 2022 01:03
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Russian / Ukranian Combat Tactics
- Replies: 1204
- Views: 482187
Re: Russian / Ukranian Combat Tactics
Bloomberg on the economic costs of the war for Russia: Russia Seen on Course for Deep Two-Year Recession, 20% Inflation Russia Seen on Course for Deep Two-Year Recession, 20% Inflation Economy will contract 9.6% in 2022, 1.5% in 2023, survey shows Inflation seen at 20% this year, forcing rates to st...
- 27 Mar 2022 18:56
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5641
- Views: 1628480
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
The messaging is very clear. India is not promoting the Kosovo model. Prime Minister Modi reiterated India’s consistent appeal for cessation of hostilities and a return to the path of dialogue and diplomacy. He emphasized India’s belief in respect for international law and the territorial integrity ...
- 27 Mar 2022 18:29
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5641
- Views: 1628480
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Pratyush-ji, India does not recognise Kosovo as an independent country, and India also does not recognise Donetsk and Luhansk as independent countries. So, why would the PM of India raise these points?
- 27 Mar 2022 17:16
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5641
- Views: 1628480
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Pratyush-ji, the statement quoted above is made by the Government of India in relation to the situation in Ukraine and India-UK bilateral issues. Where does Kosovo come into this?
- 27 Mar 2022 15:58
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5641
- Views: 1628480
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Phone call between PM and The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, PM of the United Kingdom Phone call between PM and The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, PM of the United Kingdom 22 Mar, 2022 Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi spoke on phone today with The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom....
- 27 Mar 2022 15:45
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
- Replies: 5804
- Views: 961732
Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Ukraine asking its allies for aeroplanes and tanks:
- 27 Mar 2022 03:24
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
- Replies: 5804
- Views: 961732
Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
the Russians remembered who Scholz's grandfather was. The Russians also remembered an old saying that an apple does not fall far from the apple tree. NYT: He Convinced Voters He Would Be Like Merkel. But Who Is Olaf Scholz? Born in Osnabrück, northern Germany, Mr. Scholz grew up in Hamburg, the cit...
- 26 Mar 2022 20:48
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
- Replies: 5804
- Views: 961732
Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Wow, convicts can now write in the FT! Indeed, Lisa-ji. Speaking of which: The Kremlin’s assault on Navalny and the truth The Kremlin’s assault on Navalny and the truth New sentence suggests Russia’s inner circle fears its support is brittle March 22 2022 Russia has versions of various western TV s...
- 26 Mar 2022 19:10
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
- Replies: 5804
- Views: 961732
Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
FT: https://www.ft.com/content/61bb9bad-e7e8-4328-858c-77562e7bfae1 Mikhail Khodorkovsky: we must win the struggle for the minds of the Russian people Amid a propaganda onslaught my fellow citizens are afraid to resist, but risk is the price we pay for survival The writer is an exiled Russian busine...
- 26 Mar 2022 16:40
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
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- Views: 2468602
- 26 Mar 2022 16:21
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
- Replies: 5804
- Views: 961732
- 22 Mar 2022 19:29
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
- Replies: 5804
- Views: 961732
Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
^^^^
President Zelensky is the democratically elected leader of a sovereign country that is resisting a brutal invasion. Ukraine is united behind President Zelensky and in their resistance to the brutal invasion by President Putin.
President Zelensky is the democratically elected leader of a sovereign country that is resisting a brutal invasion. Ukraine is united behind President Zelensky and in their resistance to the brutal invasion by President Putin.
- 22 Mar 2022 12:42
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
- Replies: 5804
- Views: 961732
Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60825226 Mariupol: Four reasons the city matters so much to Russia By Frank Gardner BBC security correspondent Mariupol has become the most heavily bombed and damaged city in Ukraine's war with Russia - having suffered the brunt of sustained Russian attacks. I...
- 22 Mar 2022 12:13
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
- Replies: 5804
- Views: 961732
Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
https://euvsdisinfo.eu/no-we-did-not-bomb-the-hospital-and-it-was-a-nest-of-nazis-anyway/ “No, We Did Not Bomb the Hospital, and It Was a Nest of Nazis Anyway” The shelling of Maternity Ward No. 3 in Mariupol is a war crime and took the life of innocent civilians, including children. Top Russian off...
- 22 Mar 2022 12:09
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
- Replies: 5804
- Views: 961732
Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
https://euvsdisinfo.eu/category/ukraine-page/ https://euvsdisinfo.eu/why-does-putin-portray-himself-as-the-tamer-of-neo-nazism/ WHY DOES PUTIN PORTRAY HIMSELF AS THE TAMER OF NEO-NAZISM? Why does Putin portray himself as the tamer of neo-Nazism? It is a schoolyard defence most of us know. If someone...
- 22 Mar 2022 05:17
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
- Replies: 5804
- Views: 961732
Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
The Economist: https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/03/21/hundreds-of-thousands-face-catastrophe-in-mariupol Hundreds of thousands face catastrophe in Mariupol They need more from the West, and quickly Mar 21st 2022 THE DEAD are logged in a handwritten scrawl, each line a tragedy. “21 Park Street, ...
- 21 Mar 2022 02:14
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Terroristan - April 15, 2021
- Replies: 2853
- Views: 819908
Re: Terroristan - April 15, 2021
You’ve got to laugh at their chutzpah. I wonder who the “electrician” was in this case.
- 20 Mar 2022 16:46
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Terroristan - April 15, 2021
- Replies: 2853
- Views: 819908
Re: Terroristan - April 15, 2021
Huge explosions and huge fire. Can’t imagine anyone trying to get close to it to control it. The only thing ISPR can half-control is the “narrative”.
- 20 Mar 2022 15:52
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion
- Replies: 2342
- Views: 1021334
Re: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion Thread
Definitely an ammo dump. Looks like enough ammo for a couple of divisions.