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This reflects the spirit of the Military Operations Bill recently published by @Prosperity_Inst👇
A few more ideas:
- End prolonged suspensions of soldiers by requiring cases to be resolved within six months.
- Compensate soldiers cleared after prolonged investigations.
Reform vows to 'bar further prosecutions of British soldiers' within first 100 days of taking office trib.al/jvnONj9
- Create an independent Expert Military Panel to ensure courts give proper weight to the realities of combat, including what a reasonable soldier would have perceived at the time.
- Remove means-testing and guarantee MoD-funded legal representation for those accused following military operations.
- Extend self-incrimination protections to prevent lawyers from fishing for cases by inducing soldiers to say something that then could be used to prosecute them.
- Require civil claims to be heard in the High Court, and criminal trials by appropriately experienced judges, ensuring greater consistency and expertise in military cases across the country.
Alexander Gray retweeted
Good to see @reformparty_uk new Armed Forces spokesman focus on the lawfare used against serving soldiers and veterans.
My colleague @gray_alexander1 published a paper examining this despicable state of affairs and the solution: new legislation to protect British soldiers.
ANGUS MACINTYRE: Why I quit the military after 40 years to be Reform's first Armed Forces spokesman trib.al/k2woDRy
Alexander Gray retweeted
Human rights laws like the ECHR have overstepped their original bounds and become a national security problem, creating perverse incentives and a two tier approach to warfighting. It’s time to return to the law of armed conflict.
The law of armed conflict should govern military operations (not peacetime human rights law). Yet the ECtHR claims jurisdiction over combat zones where a signatory state’s armed forces exercise control. The sooner we leave the the ECHR and repeal the Human Rights Act the better.
In 2017 I interviewed a soldier who took part in the SAS night raids in Afghanistan. In 2024 I gave evidence to the public inquiry into allegations of Extra Judicial Killings. While I believe those EJKs took place it is essential to understand the strategic context. My book Blades asks the fundamental question ‘what would you have done?’ Because at the time UK govt support for Counter Terrorism operations was non-existent. The human rights of the Taliban were prioritised over the lives of British soldiers. SAS soldiers faced an impossible dilemma. The bombmakers and facilitators operated outside UK ROE and were recycled back onto the battlefield within 96hrs of capture. Yet the IED networks represented the enemy’s most potent threat. Many hundreds of British soldiers and Afghan civilians were being blown up. I am proud that my newspaper the Mail has had the courage to set out these arguments. This is bold journalism. The SAS are not a rogue unit and its soldiers acted rationally and professionally in impossible circumstances. I will debate those points with anyone, anywhere. mol.im/a/16197881
Alexander Gray retweeted
You🫵can now have a go at Making Space for Justice. See if you can build more spaces and release fewer criminals than the Prime Minister.
pialexbaker.github.io/Making…
🚨 Britain's prisons are full.
In our latest paper, @TraytonBaker argues that prison capacity has become the fault line beneath the entire criminal justice system.
Without action, the consequences will be felt across Britain.
Watch here to find out more 👇
Alexander Gray retweeted
New: Lawfare “persecutions” have led to the biggest exodus from the SAS in its history and pushed it to the point of existential crisis - two prominent veterans tell The General and The Journalist podcast
thetimes.com/uk/defence/arti…
Alexander Gray retweeted
"Don't expect the people who are trying to protect everybody else's civil rights, and die in the process, to save the lives of the people trying to kill you..."
Former SAS soldier George Simm joined @hodsonwill & @Bexwray to talk about his ALL NEW Military Operations Bill & the repeated legal investigations into OUR special forces.
Watch the full episode now 👇
Human rights law, designed to regulate relations between the state and individuals, is increasingly being applied to military operations. This has become a threat to national security.
My latest in the Critic thecritic.co.uk/warfare-or-l…
It requires coroners to consult an Expert Military Panel in combat‑related deaths and protects service personnel from self‑incrimination, ensuring inquiries are informed by military expertise and remain focused on fact‑finding rather than retrospective blame.
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It also guarantees full legal aid for serving and former personnel and provides for compensation where investigations are excessively prolonged, and requires cases involving suspension to be resolved swiftly.
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Alexander Gray retweeted
Behind the memes, which are great fun, is a great man possessed of great wisdom. Few people speak more prestigiously or incisively about Britain’s many problems than @baylissbaghdad. If you are not reading and watching his considerable output then you are sorely under-informed.
🏹 Remember the @baylissbaghdad meme from @reformparty_uk Party Conference 2026?
Chris Bayliss joined our final panel, hosted by @dampierguy and featuring @SuellaBraverman MP, on securing justice and securing borders.
Watch his key takeaways below 👇
Alexander Gray retweeted
This is a really important piece of work for @Prosperity_Inst. We're delighted to have collaborated with Sir David Davis on the production of a draft Military Operations Bill. This is designed to end the tide of lawfare suffocating Britain's armed forces and eroding their ability to do their jobs with confidence.
This continues our constitutional project, following from our papers and legislation on how to leave the ECHR. Until we extricate ourselves from the web of human rights law which has trapped Parliament since 1998, we will not be able to protect our national security or Britain's borders.
Read our paper, Warfare not Lawfare below.
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🏛️ WATCH: Sir @DavidDavisMP lays our draft Military Operations Bill before Parliament.
Our Warfare, Not Lawfare paper argues that service personnel should not face repeated or open-ended proceedings without genuinely new and compelling evidence.
Read the paper and Bill.
Alexander Gray retweeted
🏛️ WATCH: Sir @DavidDavisMP lays our draft Military Operations Bill before Parliament.
Our Warfare, Not Lawfare paper argues that service personnel should not face repeated or open-ended proceedings without genuinely new and compelling evidence.
Read the paper and Bill.
Alexander Gray retweeted
🏹 Watch @DavidDavisMP present our Military Operations Bill to Parliament.
More to come 👇
Alexander Gray retweeted
Grey skies. Gun smoke. Centuries of tradition.
The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and The Honourable Artillery Company fired Royal Salutes in Hyde Park and at the Tower of London today, marking 4 years since the accession of His Majesty The King.
@HACRegiment @KingsTroopRHA
