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Another question: what will be the editorial slant/bias of these guys when a close election has to be decided? What kind of oversight exists for these guys? Are

Another question: what will be the editorial slant/bias of these guys when a close election has to be decided? What kind of oversight exists for these guys? Are they only accountable to their managers at GHCQ ?

KineticLensman 8y ago
77 Brigade [0] would be operationally managed by military commanders (Joint Forces Command [1] for a specific op), not GCHQ. [0] https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/formations-divisions-brigades/force-troops-command/77-brigade/ https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/formations-divisions-brig... [1] https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/joint-forces-command/about https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/joint-forces-com...
- blinky1456 8y ago
  I imagine they are semi open because maybe they exist only to counter things like for example: Imagine we were using our armed services to provide purely humanitarian assistance in a theater(is that the right word?). And Russian troll farms are pumping out news saying we are invaders, and actually killing and kidnapping people who try to get help from them. This directly puts our guys on the ground at even greater risk. Even people at home and in allied countries start to believe it. It makes life harder for them in the future in many ways, politically and global politically. It could be they exist purely to dispel actual myths/lies, and are kinda like the snopes of armed forces news. At least this is what I hope the intention is..
timthorn 8y ago
The simultaneously flippant and serious answer is that the Queen sorts things out. For any one constituency, a dead heat will be decided by drawing the short straw, and then it's up to Parliament to come up with someone who can command a majority.
- hnmonkey 8y ago
  I don't think the Queen actually has any power to do anything anymore. She's more of a figurehead and I would guess is nowhere near deciding anyone's fate (if she ever was) much less deciding political races.
walshemj 8y ago
Same way all the other national security orgs are.

KineticLensman 8y ago

77 Brigade [0] would be operationally managed by military commanders (Joint Forces Command [1] for a specific op), not GCHQ. [0] https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/formations-divisions-brigades/force-troops-command/77-brigade/ https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/formations-divisions-brig... [1] https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/joint-forces-command/about https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/joint-forces-com...

blinky1456 8y ago
I imagine they are semi open because maybe they exist only to counter things like for example: Imagine we were using our armed services to provide purely humanitarian assistance in a theater(is that the right word?). And Russian troll farms are pumping out news saying we are invaders, and actually killing and kidnapping people who try to get help from them. This directly puts our guys on the ground at even greater risk. Even people at home and in allied countries start to believe it. It makes life harder for them in the future in many ways, politically and global politically. It could be they exist purely to dispel actual myths/lies, and are kinda like the snopes of armed forces news. At least this is what I hope the intention is..

timthorn 8y ago

The simultaneously flippant and serious answer is that the Queen sorts things out. For any one constituency, a dead heat will be decided by drawing the short straw, and then it's up to Parliament to come up with someone who can command a majority.

hnmonkey 8y ago
I don't think the Queen actually has any power to do anything anymore. She's more of a figurehead and I would guess is nowhere near deciding anyone's fate (if she ever was) much less deciding political races.

walshemj 8y ago

Same way all the other national security orgs are.