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Director of ‘Doctors Under Fire’, former British Army colonel, expert on CBRN & Bio Security ‘Chemical Warrior’ with @headlinepg Fellow @magdalenealumni

Tisbury, England
Joined January 2014
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@HamishDBG
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Long range precision guided missiles are making a huge difference- just ask the Russian Navy - Ukraine needs ATACMS to finish the job
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4 years
Much loved by Russian tourists & all us locals
@BBCWiltshire
BBC Wiltshire
4 years
Today marks exactly 800 years since the first foundation stones were put down at @SalisburyCath
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@HamishDBG
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3 years
About time - those prepared to put down their life for this country should not have to pay to remain here ⁦ @DanJarvisMP ⁩ ⁦ @JohnnyMercerUK ⁩ good on you
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@HamishDBG
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7 months
I saw the horror Assad caused with chemical weapons – his Cop28 invitation is a disgrace
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@HamishDBG
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3 months
Britain must prepare for war with Russia
@LBC
LBC
3 months
'Putin's preparing to extend this war.' 'We have two years at most to assemble a military that can hold him.' @AliMirajUK hears from a defence commentator, who agrees with the Polish PM that 'we'll all be at war' if Russia prevails in Ukraine & that Europe 'isn't ready' for it.'
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@johnsweeneyroar We need to send all we have spare - not doing anything gathering dust in tank sheds in the UK?
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1 year
British Tanks for #Ukraine - PM acted faster than I thought- well done My letter ⁦ @thetimes ⁩ today #FearNaught
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4 months
Ukraine is running out of ammunition- if we don’t give it to them we will soon have to fight the Russians in Europe
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11 months
Time to suspend Russia from the UN Security Council - likely to finish Putin & his illegal invasion of #Ukraine - share if you agree? Let’s get this in the agenda ⁦ @10DowningStreet ⁩ ⁦ @POTUS ⁩ ⁦ @EmmanuelMacron @Telegraph
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@HamishDBG
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1 year
Excellent news - ⁦ @NATO ⁩ never bigger or stronger - well done Putin now f*uck off out of Ukraine
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1 year
If Ukraine wants to use cluster munitions on its own land to drive the Russians out so be it - a massive clear up of mines and other ordnance will be required once the Russians kicked out - @NATO must give Ukraine every thing required at #vilniusNATOSummit to prevail ASAP
@SkyNews
Sky News
1 year
Former Head of the British Army's Chemical Weapons Unit Hamish De Bretton-Gordon explains how cluster bombs work, adding that there is a "high failure rate" 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
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We should aim to Prevent the next pandemic rather than just React to it - that begins with regulation & policing of 3000+ labs working on pathogens ⁦ @WHO ⁩? My letter in ⁦ @Telegraph
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1 year
#Ukraine flags all the way down #Whitehall Bravo - #SlavaUkraini !!
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@HamishDBG
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11 months
@UN ⁩ & ⁦ @NATO ⁩ must enable Ukraine grain movement- my piece ⁦ @Telegraph ⁩ today
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1 year
Corruption in Russia will drive regime collapse- my piece ⁦ @Telegraph ⁩ today
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4 months
Putin is bluffing - the West must not be intimidated & put “boots on the ground” in Ukraine if required
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1 year
This is a good move & hopefully will deter Putin from‘creating’ a nuclear ‘accident’ at #ZNPP
@igorsushko
Igor Sushko
1 year
🚨US Senators @LindseyGrahamSC (R) and @SenBlumenthal (D) introduced a bipartisan resolution declaring Russia's use of nuclear weapons or destruction of the occupied Zaporizhia Nuclear Powerplant in Ukraine to be an attack on NATO requiring the invocation of NATO Article 5. ✊
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If US allows Ukraine to strike strategic military targets in Russia as UK already does this can tip the balance allow Ukraine to prevail and prevent war in Europe
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2 years
Please share as widely as possible across #Ukraine ️ to ensure civilians have the basic knowledge to survive nuclear accidents and deter attack
@thomfound
Thomson Foundation
2 years
Журналісти, які ведуть репортажі з війни, повинні знати, як реагувати у разі ядерного інциденту, як випадкового, так і навмисного. Наш курс Поради з безпеки: ядерний інцидент з @HamishDBG у застосунку Telegram. Доступний англійською та українською мовами:
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1 year
Panic in the #Kremlin to the decision to send British tanks to #Ukraine shows this is the game changer Russia fears most #FearNaught
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1 year
Excellent decision by ⁦ @10DowningStreet ⁩ to send British Tanks to #Ukraine - Germany must follow suit ASAP May view ⁦ @Telegraph
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2 months
UK should shoot down Russian missiles aimed at Ukraine my view @LBC shortly
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2 months
West should shoot down Russian missiles as it did Iranian ones to save civilian lives - my view ⁦ @TheSun
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10 months
Russia has been using DU from the beginning of its illegal invasion - we need to give Ukraine everything it needs to prevail ASAP
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4 months
#Ukraine is short of ammunition - the West must provide or we will be fighting #Russia sooner than we think - my view ⁦ @Telegraph ⁩ today
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The West must act now to prevent war in Europe- no more prevarication- supporting Ukraine must be the only game in town
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2 years
WHO chief 'believes Covid DID leak from Wuhan lab' after 'accident' - which is why we must revamp the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention which should police & regulate labs like Wuhan without delay via @MailOnline
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1 year
German prevarication over tanks to Ukraine is prolonging the war and warmly received in the Kremlin- my letter ⁦ @Telegraph ⁩ today
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We must take the shackles off Ukraine and allow strikes into Russia- they have been fighting with one hand behind their backs #SlavaUkrainii
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3 years
Why can I get not get anybody interested in trying to Prevent the next pandemic?! All ideas gratefully received ⁦ @Telegraph ⁩ ⁦ @thetimes ⁩ ⁦ @BBCWorld ⁩ ⁦ @SkyNews ⁩ ⁦ @10DowningStreet #COVID22
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2 years
The West should not hold its breath for a negotiation with Putin - plans to draw the war out as long as possible to break our support - we must not yield despite trauma at home. @HamishDBG
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@HamishDBG
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10 months
@bealejonathan Excellent to hear - CR2 has got the Russians really rattled- headline news for a damaged tank and they have lost ‘destroyed’ around 4000! We should get the rest of our CR2 out to Ukraine ASAP
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US State Department confirms that Russian forces are using Chemical Weapons as first investigated by ⁦ @Telegraph ⁩ ⁦ @JimmySecUK ⁩ & ⁦ @HamishDBG
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@NATO ⁩ and ⁦ @UN ⁩ must stick to #Redlines and prevent #Putin blowing up ZNPP my letter ⁦ @Telegraph
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1 year
This is due to the brilliant work of @Johnsweeneyroar @Paulextv @BylineTV add this war crime to the others committed in the name of #PutinIsaWarCriminal
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1 year
Footage showing alleged Russian use of white phosphorous sent to war crimes investigators
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2 years
How to Survive a Chemical or Biological Attack - this is Free - please disseminate as widely as possible to civilians in #Ukraine & surrounding countries
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7 months
At last!! Well done France - In action by the international community in Aug 13 has reverberated ever since - 100 or so chemical attacks - 100s hospital attacks in Syria and no doubt emboldened Putin to invade Ukraine
@EliotHiggins
Eliot Higgins
7 months
French Magistrates Issue Arrest Warrants for the Syrian President and Three Associates for Chemical Weapons Attacks
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1 year
British & German tanks can provide the ‘shock action’ to end the illegal invasion of #Ukraine - no time to waste ⁦ @Telegraph
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1 year
#Ukraine flag at the heart of Westminster Abbey #Coronation #SlavaUkraine
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3 months
With Putin preparing for war in Europe we must sort Army recruitment now - my “Thunderer” ⁦ @thetimes ⁩ today
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@christogrozev Great work Christo
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@Ahmed_Moghazy Both will live to fight another day against this tyranny thank God
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1 year
Excellent decision by ⁦ @10DowningStreet ⁩ to send British Tanks to #Ukraine - Germany must follow suit ASAP May view ⁦ @Telegraph
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1 year
Absolutely bonkers - Russian tanks use DU rounds - there is no way DU rounds could be used as a nuclear weapon - #Putin continues to press the nuclear button but it hasn’t worked thus far and this should be dismissed for the propaganda & dis-information it is.
@SkyNews
Sky News
1 year
Russian President Vladimir Putin comments on the UK supplying depleted uranium ammunition to Kyiv's forces, saying "we will have to react to this". More on the joint statement by Putin and Xi Jinping: 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
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1 year
Is there a better place to do ⁦ @Telegraph ⁩ podcast Ukraine the Latest
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2 months
Last night’s Iranian drone attack illustrates there is not a moment to waste to reinvest in UK defence - also shows what happens when second tier forces come up against first tier
@Telegraph
The Telegraph
2 months
✍️ 'We need to invest in both scale and quality, or risk being outgunned by our foes' | Writes @HamishDBG Read the full column below ⬇️
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1 year
Excellent to be ⁦ @Telegraph ⁩ Towers today for the brilliant podcast Ukraine: the Latest with ⁦ @FrancisDearnley ⁩ & ⁦ @djknowles22 ⁩ (not in shot!)
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Russia using choking agents on a huge scale - they learnt from Assad in Syria how effective these illegal weapons can be #ObamaRedline
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Putin using CW in Ukraine as Assad did in Syria & ISIS in Iraq - triumvirate of tyranny
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3 years
Just finished this remarkable book @bellingcat by a remarkable person @EliotHiggins - when they publish a report Security Services around the world makes notes & learn - Bellingcat hold bad actors to account when many Govts fear to tread - bravo
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We must ensure that #Ukraine prevails in 2024 or face war in Europe with #NATO @Keir_Starmer ⁩ ⁦ @10DowningStreet ⁩ and rebuild our Armed Forces to meet the current threats - my letter ⁦ @Telegraph ⁩ today
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3 months
Huge Russian tanks assault fails- very poor drills by barely trained crews I expect but major offensive imminent- we must ensure AFU has the ammunition to keep defeating Russian armour
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DMZ required around ZNPP ASAP - this is a catastrophe in the making and not beyond Putin to use as an improvised nuclear weapon @UN @iaeaorg
@kiraincongress
Kira Rudik
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russians attacked Dnipro dam. Zaporizhzia NPP on the edge of blackout. The world cannot no longer turn a blind eye to what is happening. It’s a terror and a catastrophe.
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3 years
Apologies for my radio silence over last 8 days - the black dog on my back ‘Sudden Cardiac Death Syndrome’ bit me v hard last week -now all good - thanks to brilliant staff ⁦ @SalisburyNHS ⁩ - FEAR NAUGHT #ChemicalWarrior plse support ⁦ @Cardiomyopathy ⁩ ⁦ @TheBHF
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Britain must take a leading role supporting Ukraine - if not a European war is possible and everything else vexing us at the moment will become irrelevant
@theipaper
i newspaper
7 months
Opinion | We are at a seminal moment in the war in Ukraine and the world is too focused on Gaza and not Russia. However dreadful Gaza is, it is not a long-term security threat to the UK, writes Hamish de Bretton-Gordon 🔗
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Putin sacks Shigou and replaces with an economist?! Even Russia can’t sustain losing thousands of tanks and firing millions of rounds - another wake up to western leaders to give Ukraine all it needs!?
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For all those who are missing it - Putin’s nuclear threats are all “bluff & bluster” he has threatened nukes since 25 Feb 22 and no radiation detected?! His tactical nukes are unusable as Ukraine can now take the launchers and aircraft out.
@Telegraph
The Telegraph
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🗣 "The list of Ukraine's recent successes - apparently by cutting edge weaponry - show the a turning point in the war may about to be reached," writes @HamishDBG . Read more here 👇
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What an unbelievable honour to be inducted as a Fellow today ⁦ @magdalenealumni ⁩ ⁦ @Cambridge_Uni ⁩ via ⁦ @TonbridgeUK ⁩ ⁦ @BritishArmy
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Trident is Britain’s main defence against Russia & there must be no questions over the next government’s commitment to it or any ministers who might be on the front bench on 05 July
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Basic chemical survival for amazing civilians in #Ukraine if Russians use CW. Seek higher ground - always be aware of the wind direction (chemicals will blow away down wind) - decontaminate ASAP as best you can - Caution! CW usually preceded & followed by high explosive atk
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1 year
Better than parading nukes #Putin #Slavaukranii
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1 year
Very honoured to be involved in this brilliant, important and chilling documentary - the Russians are committing war crimes by trying to burn civilians - I salute you @Johnsweeneyroar @BylineTV for you brilliant coverage of this illegal war
@BylineTV
Byline TV
1 year
War crimes. Torture. Terror. The Kremlin doesn’t want you to know what Russia has done to Ukraine. So @johnsweeneyroar made a film about it, uncovering the truth from the front line. Now it’s finally here. Watch it at
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Well this seems to be hitting a nerve! 500 comments already - no journalist awards for me from the Russian Bots?! Vladimir Putin’s Russia is headed for a military dictatorship – and total collapse
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Crikey he really has lost it this time but perhaps shows cracks are beginning to form in the Kremlin’s walls?!
@LBC
LBC
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Vladimir Putin promises ceasefire if Ukraine withdraws from occupied regions and gives up NATO plans
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More Kremlin “bluff” over tactical nukes - if they actually work it would take so long to get them in position that the West would have time to act - and Putin knows this
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4 years
The book has arrived copy No1! #ChemicalWarrior publishing 03 Sep ⁦ @headlinepg #Syria #Salisburypoisonings #Peshmerga #Chemical &Biological
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My great privilege to speak on Ukraine TV - we must ensure Ukraine prevails #SlavaUkrannii
@TkieDaniel
Daniel Tkiie
2 months
It was a big privilege to speak with the British Army Colonel (Ret.) Hamish de Bretton-Gordon @HamishDBG . We discussed the possibility of a wider war in Europe and options for the UK’s military intervention in Ukraine. Watch:
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Russia using CS gas against Ukraine frontlines - illegal under the Chemical Weapons Convention- ⁦ @OPCW ⁩ should investigate? My piece ⁦ @Telegraph
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