For the first time in 10 years, the Prime Minister said the terror threat had been raised to the highest possible level, from severe to critical, meaning an attack is "expected imminently".
[...] Mrs May also announced that troops would replace police officers at set-piece events including sports venues and concerts.
It will be the first time since 2003 – when the Government reacted to a plot to bring down an airliner – that troops are deployed on the streets.
[...] It is the first time Britain has been on maximum terrorist alert since 2007, when a blazing car loaded with gas canisters was driven into Glasgow Airport.
Source: The Telegraph
(Score: 3, Funny) by Grishnakh on Wednesday May 24 2017, @04:19PM (4 children)
Does plastic explosive go off if it is shot??
According to me knowledge, gained entirely from watching Hollywood movies and TV shows, the answer is no: it has to be electrically detonated, usually with a wristwatch.
Similarly, I know for a fact that a car will automatically explode any time it rolls over, or even if it goes over a cliff (as soon as all 4 wheels leave the ground, long before it hits the ground below). I also know that someone shot with a handgun will fly backwards about 20 feet.
On a serious note, I wonder how gullible people in the UK are if they can't see how May is exploiting the situation...
Well, they voted for Brexit, so they're obviously pretty damn gullible.
(Score: 1, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Wednesday May 24 2017, @07:32PM (1 child)
Any nation which opens its floodgates to Islamic scum deserves what it gets.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 25 2017, @05:25AM
Reactionary whacko Alex Jones, having just gotten his White House press credentials, showed what a class act he is by blaming the victims in Manchester. [google.com]
So, did you get your shtick from him or did he get his from you?
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 2) by gidds on Thursday May 25 2017, @12:44PM (1 child)
Only 37.5% of registered voters voted for Brexit.
I'm one of the 34.7% who voted against it.
(And 27.8% didn't bother to vote.)
Yes, there are a lot of pretty damn gullible people here (or, more charitably, people who have very different expectations from me as to likely outcomes), but there are plenty more who aren't. Unfortunately, due to the way it was set up — and the political reactions and manoeuvring since — we all have to suffer the results :-(
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(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Thursday May 25 2017, @04:11PM
Yes, there are a lot of pretty damn gullible people here (or, more charitably, people who have very different expectations from me as to likely outcomes), but there are plenty more who aren't.
This is objectively wrong, proven by your own numbers. 37.5% voted for Brexit, and only 34.7% voted against it. That means there are more who are gullible. The 27.8% who didn't bother to vote can be added to the gullible list, or at least ignored since they didn't even bother to study the issue and cast a vote.
In short, there were a minority (barely over 1/3) of British voters who were opposed to Brexit.