Hutton Ready for Terrorist StrikeThe Fishwick Special Branch is digesting the implications for their bailiwick of the forthcoming West Report in the light of Mr Brown's remark They will be guided by the following considerations:(a) 'Anywhere' includes Hutton, Paxton and Fishwick.(b) 'Crowded Locations' include the Cross at the weekend and Fishwick traffic infested streets at all times(c) Transport Networks is/are the No 32 Bus. Volunteers for riding Shotgun may be called for(d) Unobtrusive security measures to be fitted into any prominent new buildings such as the McMansions on Farmer C's land and any new creations such as that monument to good taste now mostly erected at Dorranfield(e) Blast proof curtains to be considered for the village halls and the removal of disabled access to...
I like Doris Lessing, Nobel Laureate for fiction.Here is a woman who makes the point that I have made in the past that politics and government and anything that impacts on the punter in the street, whether it be downtown Scunthorpe in England, Auchtermuchty in Scotland or New York in the US of A, should be left to artists and creatives.Doris, in an interview with the Spanish newspaper El País, has said that the attacks of September 11, 2001, weren't as terrible as the American people think.Although two buildings collapsed, and nearly 3,000 people were killed, she points out that over 3,700 died and many thousands of people were injured in more than 30 years of violence in Northern Ireland.Violence supported by money from the United States: [Colcam]Doris says Americans are a very naive...
You know a country has a, shall we say, irreverent sense of humour when a potentially deadly terrorist attack on that country results in a joke email, and a general feeling of “Fuck ye!”
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If this had happened in a US airport, compared to Glasgow: Eyewitness accounts
USA: “Oh my God! There was a man on fire, he was running about. I just ran for my life. I thought i was gonna die, he got so close to me.”
Glasgow: “Cunt wis running aboot on fire, so a ran up n gave him a good boot, then decked him”
USA: “I just wanna get home, away from here. I just wanna get home, I thought I was gonna die.”
Glasgow: “Here, Tam, ahm no leaving here till ahm oan a fuckin’ plane!”
USA: “There was pandemonium,...
Hmmm! As UK elections and a severe ‘kicking’ for New Labour approach, as the neocons rack their brains to come up with more excuses to attack Iran, with Blair’s backing, no doubt.......A convenient and nicely timed ‘leaked document’ was never to be expected, was it?One like Al-Qaeda‘Planning Big British Attack.Not that you could ever accuse me of being cynical, of course.......See all recent...
Britain's international development secretary, Hilary Benn, said in a speech in New York that the government has stopped using the phrase "war on terror" because the expression strengthens terrorists resolve by making them feel part of a larger struggle.Somebody better explain to George.See all recent...
”Britain does not have the right to question others when they're not complying with their obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.“ (Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's envoy to the IAEA)It was entirely predictable, and it has not taken Iran long to comment after Tony Blair won the vote in parliament on 14th March to renew Trident."It is very unfortunate that the UK, which is always calling for non-proliferation ... not only has not given up the weapons but has taken a serious step towards further development of nuclear weapons," said Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency.See all recent...
"If the basis for making such a significant change is what police officers want or think they might need then we would have five or 10 years' pre-charge detention." Home secretary John ‘fit for police purposes’ Reid slipped in a controversial old idea at a cabinet meeting today while everyones attention was focussed on the police grilling of Tony Blair.He announced, while hoping no-one was listening, that he would attempt to re-introduce longer detention without charge for terror suspects, presently set at 28 days. The government were defeated in 2005 when they tried to have the time a suspect could be held extended to 90 days.Home Secretary John ReidA spokesman said: "The police service has now concluded that it is right and proper for government to address this issue and wanted...
