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Tim Finnerty<p>Refreshing truthful <a href="https://toot.io/tags/Shapps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shapps</span></a>. Why can't sitting politicians also speak the truth? Also why did Schapps hold back on <a href="https://toot.io/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a>'s "hold" over <a href="https://toot.io/tags/Krasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Krasnov</span></a>?</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/17/grant-shapp-trump-russia?CMP=share_btn_url" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2025/apr</span><span class="invisible">/17/grant-shapp-trump-russia?CMP=share_btn_url</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1900269/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1900269/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> UK Oil &amp; Gas: Too Legit to Quit, Even for Labour <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emissions</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/exploration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exploration</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/gas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gas</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GasPrice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GasPrice</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LiquefiedNaturalGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiquefiedNaturalGas</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/lng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lng</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LNGPrice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LNGPrice</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NaturalGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalGas</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NorthSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthSea</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oil</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OilPrices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OilPrices</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Shapps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shapps</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>starmer</span></a></p>
Simon Flett<p>Grant <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Shapps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shapps</span></a> is a former internet get-me-rich-quick hustler who used numerous fake aliases. By the law of averages his opinions occasionally randomly coincide with good sense, but he and most of his wretched useless English Nationalist confederates have been ousted by the British Electorate. The UK Defence Secretary is the eminently shrewd John Healey , and extraneous views now offered by "Michael Green" sorry Grant Shapps on the subject are just so much irrelevant chatter.</p>
Simon Flett<p>Spiv <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Shapps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shapps</span></a> can't resist using his valedictory to list his numerous cabinet positions; testimony only to the chaos we have had to endure, and to his personal vanity.</p>
J.Sʜᴀʀᴘ🌍🇺🇦Fʀᴇᴇᴅᴏᴍ&Dᴇᴍᴏᴄʀᴀᴄʏ<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@harriettmb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>harriettmb</span></a></span> </p><p>I too am hoping for a hung parliament of sorts, but I think <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> will easily dominate this election. But <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Shapps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shapps</span></a> is right about a supermajority, although technically, a majority is a majority irrespective of its size (kind of), but a balance of sorts would be good, yes.</p>
Hanse Mina<p>British defence minister Grant <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Shapps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shapps</span></a> accused <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> on Wednesday of providing or preparing to provide <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> with lethal aid for use in its war against <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>.</p><p>Shapps told a conference in London that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> and British defence intelligence had evidence that "lethal aid is now, or will be, flowing from China to Russia and into Ukraine, I think it is a significant development".</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/uk-defence-minister-says-china-working-supply-lethal-aid-russia-2024-05-22/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/uk-defence-m</span><span class="invisible">inister-says-china-working-supply-lethal-aid-russia-2024-05-22/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a></p>
Hanse Mina<p>"The world cannot wait, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> needs us to step up so they have what they need to push <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> back. </p><p>That’s exactly what the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> has done today. </p><p>A full breakdown of what we’ve rushed to Ukraine to support the men and women fighting on freedom’s frontline:"</p><p>- Grant <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Shapps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shapps</span></a>, UK Secretary of State for Defence</p><p><a href="https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1792172695221653859.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">threadreaderapp.com/thread/179</span><span class="invisible">2172695221653859.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a></p>
Lady Wicket<p>"I mean, it's a good job we've got a last desperate million-to-one chance to rely on, or we'd really be in trouble!"<br>Terry Pratchett; Guards Guards!!<br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Discworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Discworld</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Zahawi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zahawi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BringBackJohnsonGuff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BringBackJohnsonGuff</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Shapps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shapps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MulitplePersonalities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MulitplePersonalities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Kuenssberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kuenssberg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JustGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JustGo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeneralElectionNOW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralElectionNOW</span></a></p>
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Hanse Mina<p>The U.K. will not force or persuade <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> to accept a bad peace treaty, especially one that entails the loss of territory, said Defense Secretary Grant <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Shapps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shapps</span></a> in an interview with Times Radio on May 14.</p><p>The comments follow reporting by the Sunday Times that U.K. Foreign Secretary David <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cameron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cameron</span></a> had allegedly personally pitched a peace plan to presumptive <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> presidential nominee Donald <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://kyivindependent.com/we-will-never-force-ukraine-to-accept-peace-treaty-says-uk-defense-secretary/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kyivindependent.com/we-will-ne</span><span class="invisible">ver-force-ukraine-to-accept-peace-treaty-says-uk-defense-secretary/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
jackLondon<p>New ships will help fight future wars</p><p>This BBC story is a mess</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Shapps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shapps</span></a>, not a reliable witness, said 3 ships would "definitely" be built &amp; "plans to construct the next 3"</p><p>"definitely" - is there a contract let? "plans" from <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/toriesOut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toriesOut</span></a> are meaningless - We'll evict them soon</p><p> "golden era of ship building"<br>What's he on? Most of our yards shut down decades ago!</p><p>It appears currently just 2 submarines are under construction - presumably at Barrow - under a 1994 contract</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd133gw02jeo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd133g</span><span class="invisible">w02jeo</span></a></p>
Simon Flett<p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68947242" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/science-environ</span><span class="invisible">ment-68947242</span></a></p><p>Grant <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Shapps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shapps</span></a>, formerly Energy Minister, signed off on policy without considering evidence, finds High Court. He "assumed" targets "would be met". </p><p>Now Grant Shapps is <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Tory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tory</span></a> Defence Minister. Every day, we must assume he now signs off on defence policy, without evidence, assuming Britannia rules the waves, and that there's nothing that can compare to the British Grenadiers.</p><p>He's a former "get rich quick" web marketer who traded under the pseudonym "Michael Green".</p>
AutisticMumTo3<p>MP Mark Menzies loses Tory whip as party investigates claims he misused funds | The Independent<br> <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/mark-menzies-tory-mp-funds-b2530658.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/mark-menzies-tory-mp-funds-b2530658.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Menzies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Menzies</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Tories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tories</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Whip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Whip</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/MisuseOfMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MisuseOfMoney</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/CampaignFunds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFunds</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/MisuseOfCampaignFunds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MisuseOfCampaignFunds</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/PayOffBadPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PayOffBadPeople</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/MedicalExpenses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MedicalExpenses</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/InternationalEnvoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalEnvoy</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Rayner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rayner</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/DoubleStandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoubleStandards</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Dodds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dodds</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Holden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Holden</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Sunak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sunak</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Professionalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Professionalism</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Integrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Integrity</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Accountability</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/CCHQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CCHQ</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/FlydeWestminsterGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlydeWestminsterGroup</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Shapps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shapps</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Cooper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cooper</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/LibDems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibDems</span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCNews</span></a> - Grant <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Shapps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shapps</span></a> abandoned <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> trip over security threat - MoD<br><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68589866" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68589866</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Hanse Mina<p>Grant <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Shapps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shapps</span></a> has abandoned a trip to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>’s southern city of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Odesa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Odesa</span></a>, reportedly because of a Russian missile threat.</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> Defence Secretary had to abort the visit earlier this month after he was warned by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/British" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>British</span></a> intelligence that the Russians had become aware of his travel plans, according to a Sunday Times report confirmed by a source close to Mr Shapps.</p><p><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/17/shapps-calls-off-odesa-visit-after-russian-warning/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/1</span><span class="invisible">7/shapps-calls-off-odesa-visit-after-russian-warning/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a></p>
Political Cartoon Gallery<p>Andy Davey: <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/JeremyHunt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeremyHunt</span></a> promises pensioners he will keep the pension triple lock. Meanwhile a plot by right-wing Tory MPs to replace <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Sunak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sunak</span></a> with <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Mordaunt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mordaunt</span></a> is in play. <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Shapps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shapps</span></a> too. So the election strategy is on track – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com</p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Russia is believed to have jammed the satellite signal on an RAF aircraft carrying British Defence Secretary <a href="https://c.im/tags/Grant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grant</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Shapps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shapps</span></a> back from Poland, according to government sources.</p><p>Defence sources said there was no danger to Shapps, who was travelling back to the UK, though they called it a “wildly irresponsible” act of <a href="https://c.im/tags/electronic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electronic</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/warfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>warfare</span></a>.</p><p>It is understood that the <a href="https://c.im/tags/GPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPS</span></a> signal was interfered with for about 30 minutes while the plane flew close to Russia’s Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Mobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mobile</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/phones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phones</span></a> could no longer connect to the internet and the aircraft was forced to use alternative methods to determine its location, the source said.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/14/russia-suspected-of-jamming-gps-signal-on-aircraft-carrying-grant-shapps" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/politics/2024/</span><span class="invisible">mar/14/russia-suspected-of-jamming-gps-signal-on-aircraft-carrying-grant-shapps</span></a></p>
Hanse Mina<p>"I’m in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kyiv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kyiv</span></a> to raise the alarm to the democratic world - we must make sure <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> wins this war.</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> has stepped up to do more than ever, with our largest military support package to date. Every nation must now do the same and ensure freedom triumphs over tyranny."</p><p>- Rt Hon Grant <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Shapps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shapps</span></a>, UK Secretary of State for Defence</p><p><a href="https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1766045325997793488.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">threadreaderapp.com/thread/176</span><span class="invisible">6045325997793488.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a></p>
Simon Flett<p>As a daily follower of the leading Ukrainian u-tube military commentators, like Denys Davidov, there is a bitter irony from their frequent reference to British Intelligence.</p><p>If we British are so intelligent, why did we take our lead from nationalist twits like Farage to vote in 2016 to destabilise &amp; weaken the European Union in the wake of occupation of Crimea in 2014?</p><p>And why is a zero like <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Shapps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shapps</span></a> (aka Michael Green internet get-rich-quick snakeoil salesman) Defence Secretary?!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brexit</span></a></p>