UK taxpayer funding the security costs for former dictator.
Discussion
Given this man no longer has any ties with his Government why the fek are we paying for these costs. He is a private citizen on holiday here yet is costing us a fortune.
[i]Pervez Musharraf, the former President of pakistan who is living in London, is being protected by Scotland Yard at a cost to taxpayers of approximately £25,000 a day.
The Metropolitan Police Specialist Protection Unit, known as SO1, has assigned a round-the-clock team of at least ten men and women to protect Mr Musharraf, who lives in a three-bedroom flat in West London.
Mr Musharraf has been using it as his base for about four months and is said to enjoy dining at the Dorchester Hotel and playing golf. Although he pays for a small team of retired pakistani commandos to protect him, the decision to provide further security was taken at a meeting of the Royal and VIP Executive Committee held at the Home Office.
Those present would have included a representative from the Metropolitan Police, the Army, a private secretary to the Queen, heads of security for Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace, as well as members of the intelligence services and civil servants representing the Home Office and Cabinet Office. The unit is responsible for the personal protection of the Prime Minister, former prime ministers, certain government ministers, some ambassadors and “high-profile persons considered to be under threat from terrorist attack in the UK”. The costs are thought to include the provision of a car, plus security equipment such as alarms and closed-circuit television cameras fitted to his flat. SO1 is providing the security detail. [/i]
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/art...
[i]Pervez Musharraf, the former President of pakistan who is living in London, is being protected by Scotland Yard at a cost to taxpayers of approximately £25,000 a day.
The Metropolitan Police Specialist Protection Unit, known as SO1, has assigned a round-the-clock team of at least ten men and women to protect Mr Musharraf, who lives in a three-bedroom flat in West London.
Mr Musharraf has been using it as his base for about four months and is said to enjoy dining at the Dorchester Hotel and playing golf. Although he pays for a small team of retired pakistani commandos to protect him, the decision to provide further security was taken at a meeting of the Royal and VIP Executive Committee held at the Home Office.
Those present would have included a representative from the Metropolitan Police, the Army, a private secretary to the Queen, heads of security for Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace, as well as members of the intelligence services and civil servants representing the Home Office and Cabinet Office. The unit is responsible for the personal protection of the Prime Minister, former prime ministers, certain government ministers, some ambassadors and “high-profile persons considered to be under threat from terrorist attack in the UK”. The costs are thought to include the provision of a car, plus security equipment such as alarms and closed-circuit television cameras fitted to his flat. SO1 is providing the security detail. [/i]
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/art...
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