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Armed Police On Streets Of London New Years Eve
As the New Year's Eve celebrations get underway on the streets of London there will be extra policing including covert and ared police patrolling the tube network. With this policing in London are other cities receiving the same amount of protection as people line the streets to celebrate?
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It's nothing new really. Every time I go to a major London train station I see armed police.
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Presumably areas will receive the level of protection commensurate with the level of threat perceived by those who have security insight unavailable to you and I.
Or is this just another resentful London bashing thread? |
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Presumably areas will receive the level of protection commensurate with the level of threat perceived by those who have security insight unavailable to you and I.
Or is this just another resentful London bashing thread? |
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Rest assured there will be armed police in pain clothes as well as the SAS in London
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Yes, there will be armed police in several major British cities at New Year including Manchester and Birmingham. London will always be the biggest target (capital cities always are) but other cities are still high risk
We must hope that everyone gets through night safely and party like we haven't a care in the world ![]() Screw 'em all! |
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This can only be a good thing surely? Anything that helps people to stay safe.
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As the New Year's Eve celebrations get underway on the streets of London there will be extra policing including covert and ared police patrolling the tube network. With this policing in London are other cities receiving the same amount of protection as people line the streets to celebrate?
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Rest assured there will be armed police in pain clothes as well as the SAS in London
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Not reassured by that.
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In other news... https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=no...utf-8&oe=utf-8
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is this just another resentful London bashing thread?
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there are always armed police around London nothing really to get excited about
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Why not???
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Not clicking on that - might be Nigel Farage again !!
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Was to be expected. Hopefully nothing happens and everyone is safe and has a great time. Wish I was going!
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It's not. But it's very scary.
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It's not. But it's very scary.
What can be scarier than that ! |
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Still not convinced armed police on the streets are key in preventing terrorist incidents rather than, say, the intelligence services learning about shit in advance, but this really shouldn't be a "yay London" or "f*** off London" argument, to be honest.
Not sure having, or even NEEDING to have, armed police on the streets is either something to be proud of or something to be resentful of others for. I mean, I understand why it's a thing they kind of have to do- I'm not knocking the police on this one. Whether it's actually doing something or just being seen to be doing something, it's not a thing anyone really wants to have to see in their city. I hope everyone has a safe New Year everywhere and guns aren't required. As, I'm sure, do the armed officers themselves. |
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Still not convinced armed police on the streets are key in preventing terrorist incidents rather than, say, the intelligence services learning about shit in advance, but this really shouldn't be a "yay London" or "f*** off London" argument, to be honest.
Not sure having, or even NEEDING to have, armed police on the streets is either something to be proud of or something to be resentful of others for. I mean, I understand why it's a thing they kind of have to do- I'm not knocking the police on this one. Whether it's actually doing something or just being seen to be doing something, it's not a thing anyone really wants to have to see in their city. I hope everyone has a safe New Year everywhere and guns aren't required. As, I'm sure, do the armed officers themselves. |
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I thought that armed police were standard issue in That London. I saw half-masked men holding submachine guns guarding various buildings last time I was there.
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As opposed to being another smug nowt outside London worth owt thread?
Frankly it is a rather ridiculous state of affairs for such regional divisions to exist; a result, in part, of the policy of sowing discontent by certain newspapers to encourage sales and by some politicians hoping to gain votes. Anyone with half a brain can see it for the tedious, irrelevant silliness it is IMO. We should all like and value the places we live. The fact that Yorkshire (for example) is eye-poppingly beautiful in places doesn't detract from the sheer variety of people and life in London, which in turn doesn't detract from the fascination of some of the great castles and stately homes all around the country. All of those things belong to us all and we should chose which aspects suit us best and enjoy them, preferably without seething with resentment at the rest. |
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You should really read what you put, not what you think you put.
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Thete is a disjunct between the words that are typed and posted that are visible to everyone else and what you think you typed.Reread the post I quoted. |
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there are always armed police around London nothing really to get excited about
Threat of exploding Scotsmen perhaps? Or can you think of any other reason? |
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