Clearly we have not been scared enough for a while...
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I think I must be becoming a cynic!!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12133290
But this kind of thing just makes me think... Ahh they are about to do something we won't like so look around the eyes, not into the eyes, around the eyes!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12133290
But this kind of thing just makes me think... Ahh they are about to do something we won't like so look around the eyes, not into the eyes, around the eyes!
PintOfKittens said:
bbc said:
The move includes airports and London railway terminals, although there is no suggestion of any intelligence of an imminent attack.
bbc said:
The overall national threat level at severe means a terrorist attack is highly likely.
The Met Office is doing terrorism predictions now.
Nimbus said:
wasnt there also an announcement today bywhoever was reviewing the 'quango cuts', has decided they have made feck all difference, and were a con... 
"Bernard Jenkin, the Conservative chairman of the committee, said: "The whole process was rushed and poorly handled and should have been thought through a lot more. This was a fantastic opportunity to help build the big society and save money at the same time, but it has been botched."http://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/pm/articles/2011...
Not a CMD supporter then.
TheD said:
Control through fear at all costs. I wish we all could get together and tell them to shut up and stop treating us like scared little brats. Unfortunately there is quite a fair bit of the populous actually taken this mince in.
One day they'll psychologically have us all arrive at the Hotel Orwellian fear for real this time though.
'Your papers please, Number 45,000,002'
The road is this way... (ahh, forgot. We are already well on route!)
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Edited by dandarez on Friday 7th January 14:14
Morningside said:
Where was all this during the IRA bombing?
The Government weren't trying to control the populace back then. At least, not like they are trying to do now.Nowadays, all they need to do to justify taking away your freedoms is say that a 'terrorist' will blow us up.
Edited by Spiritual_Beggar on Friday 7th January 14:16
Of course there's one slight problem with this story - it's b
ks.
There is a large repositioning of personnel going on, but that has been scheduled since the start of last year. I sit in on rail network security briefings every week and this weeks brief was the same as last weeks.
I'm assuming this is the meeja adding 2 + 2 and getting 5... again.
ks.There is a large repositioning of personnel going on, but that has been scheduled since the start of last year. I sit in on rail network security briefings every week and this weeks brief was the same as last weeks.
I'm assuming this is the meeja adding 2 + 2 and getting 5... again.
Aha 
The old EU *Dioxin shuffle
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12133402
"In a statement, the FSA said: "There is no food safety risk from eating these products. The majority of products will have been sold and most have passed their 'use by' or 'best before' dates. " Err??
"The alert began when it was discovered thousands of tonnes of animal feed contaminated by highly toxic dioxins had been sent to more than 1,000 poultry and pig farms in Germany.
The dioxin was discovered in late December but the extent of the problem was only revealed earlier this week when German officials said 3,000 tonnes of feed had been affected.
Eggs from those farms were sent to the Netherlands for processing and then on to the UK.
The problem has been traced to oils intended for bio-fuel becoming mixed with oil destined for animal feed."
The old EU *Dioxin shuffle
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12133402
"In a statement, the FSA said: "There is no food safety risk from eating these products. The majority of products will have been sold and most have passed their 'use by' or 'best before' dates. " Err??
"The alert began when it was discovered thousands of tonnes of animal feed contaminated by highly toxic dioxins had been sent to more than 1,000 poultry and pig farms in Germany.
The dioxin was discovered in late December but the extent of the problem was only revealed earlier this week when German officials said 3,000 tonnes of feed had been affected.
Eggs from those farms were sent to the Netherlands for processing and then on to the UK.
The problem has been traced to oils intended for bio-fuel becoming mixed with oil destined for animal feed."
- "The term dioxin is used in chemistry to describe a heterocyclic 6-membered ring where 2 carbon atoms have been substituted by oxygen atoms. While this moiety can appear in a wide range of compounds, the most important and widely known group are the polychlorinated dibenzodioxins, a group of highly toxic environmental toxins commonly referred to as simply "dioxins".
"Your government is in control, you're free to do as we tell you. Here's 500 channels of 'I'm ice factor dancing in a celebrity forest with talent get me out of here' shut up and keep watching this st and go back to sleep" is what they really mean.
I hoped this crap would stop once the socialist criminals were voted out but no, the bogey man hasn't been deported just yet. STOP INSULTING MY INTELLIGENCE.
t and go back to sleep" is what they really mean. I hoped this crap would stop once the socialist criminals were voted out but no, the bogey man hasn't been deported just yet. STOP INSULTING MY INTELLIGENCE.
Dixie68 said:
Of course there's one slight problem with this story - it's bks.
There is a large repositioning of personnel going on, but that has been scheduled since the start of last year. I sit in on rail network security briefings every week and this weeks brief was the same as last weeks.
I'm assuming this is the meeja adding 2 + 2 and getting 5... again.
Well, famous last words & all that - 20 minutes after posting I was informed the security level IS going up!ks.There is a large repositioning of personnel going on, but that has been scheduled since the start of last year. I sit in on rail network security briefings every week and this weeks brief was the same as last weeks.
I'm assuming this is the meeja adding 2 + 2 and getting 5... again.
I can't help wondering if it's as a result of the media reports though, rather than a cause of them.
TVR Moneypit said:
Dixie68 said:
TVR Moneypit said:
What was the reason given for the security level going up?
"A significant, but non-specific threat" - which I suspect means "dunno".Gassing Station | News, Politics & Economics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff