Rats! Migrants not happy at RAF base

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Migrants being housed at the old RAF base in Wethersfield have expressed discontent at how literally all squaddies live. With bogs blocked, washing machines flooding and rodents having an absolute field day - Wethersfield has never felt so normal.

It is ironic that people are kicking off about the state of military accommodation given to migrants from war-zones, when British soldiers who served in said war-zones got the same accommodation on returning to UK...just saying.

The 64 year old geezer who rocked up to a Remembrance wreath-laying ceremony dressed as an Admiral has been unmasked - and he’s an ex-teacher at none other than Eton College. Eton can now confidently lay claim not only to 20 Prime Ministers, but also to one of the UK’s most famous Walts.

The MOD isn’t happy with Admiral Waltalot, saying “Impersonating a Naval officer is insulting to anyone connected to the service and can be considered a criminal offense.”

The Russian spook ship ‘Yantar’ has been sat on the edge of British waters for a while now, but tensions have been escalating after they shot lasers at RAF jets the other day.

Defence Secretary Healey has told the Russians “We see you. We know what you are doing. And if Yantar travels South this week, we are ready.”

The Russians, in return, have requested the Brits let them carry on their reconnaissance in peace. Fair enough I guess - must be annoying having jets and boats interfering when you’re trying to map deep sea cables.

Big events from the past, covered in brief and probably inaccurately.

Four months after the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln arrived at Gettysburg to dedicate a cemetery for the Union dead. The battle had cost more than 50,000 lives and marked a turning point in the war. Lincoln’s remarks lasted barely two minutes, but they reframed the entire conflict: this was not just a fight to preserve the Union, but a test of whether a nation built on liberty could even survive.

Few noticed at the time, but the speech became one of the most important pieces of wartime rhetoric in U.S. history.

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