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Posted on 6 February 202319 December 2025 by Chris Thrall

Veterans’ Anger As Government Deny Suicide Rates #318

Posted on 3 February 20239 February 2023 by Chris Thrall

Veterans’ Anger As Government Deny Suicide Rates, features former Royal Marines Commando and Falklands veteran, WO2 Jeff Williams.

Veterans’ Anger As Government Deny Suicide Rates

Veterans’ Anger As Government Deny Suicide Rates, features former Royal Marines Commando, Jeff Williams. After a long service in the corps and as a Falklands veteran, Jeff finished his career as a Warrant Officer Class 2.

Transcript from ‘Veterans’ Anger As Government Deny Suicide Rates’ podcast

Jeff – One of our brothers took his life and I was just shocked. As you can probably remember from your service Chris, it was something that was never happened. All of a sudden, a royal marine has commited suicide. I was quite taken back by it, so I did a bit of backroom research. I found out it was more commonplace than I thought, especially in the aftermath of Afghanistan. The toil that that took out of our troops, across the board. I spoke to a few veteran friends and said, you know what’s going on and it seems like we’ve missed something here. There’s a key and it’s really important to the veterans community. On the back of that conversation, myself and Simon Marion started Veterans United Against Suicide.

It’s a group of like-minded people whom want the best for veterans. To try and reduce the losses which are astronomical. We challenge the government to get their viewpoint on it with any statistics that we could tap into. We don’t keep any statistics on veterans, only on the serving side. Once you leave the military, so many people will testify, you lose your identity somewhat. So many people have slipped through the net.

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Public Enemy Number ONE #317

Posted on 3 February 20239 February 2023 by Chris Thrall

Public enemy number one, features Jason Wilson, who is the son of a drug dealer once named public enemy number one, by British police.

Public Enemy Number ONE

Public enemy number one, features the story of Anthony Spencer. He was a successful business man and then he robbed his first bank. After many years in prison and a shoot-out in Amsterdam, Spencer was back behind bars. He was eventually freed after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. Jason’s book, ‘The Old Man and Me’, chronicles a childhood of dealing with such an infamous father.

Transcript from ‘Public Enemy Number ONE’ podcast

Jason – So within the year we had all these businesses everywhere. He built slowly and he was just constantly expanding. Me and my brother would go to work with him on Saturdays and there’d be all these guys visiting him and calling by for advice. We’d go out in the car with him and meet people in pubs and in car parks. Sure enough he’s still a city villain but he’s mostly a businessman and straight.

Later on when I wrote the book, I’d meet one of the guys from CID. They became mates after he’d left the force and he used to visit my dad. He used to say to my dad, you need to knock this villainy on the head because you’ve got it made now.