Armed police respond to serious incidents at London Bridge and Borough Market – with members of the public urged to reach areas of safety.
Since late yesterday evening [Saturday, 3 June], the Metropolitan Police Service has been responding to incidents in the London Bridge and Borough Market areas of south London. We are treating this as a terrorist incident and a full investigation is already underway, led by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command.
[...] Six people have been killed in terror attacks on London Bridge and at Borough Market.
Three male suspects have been shot dead by police.
Canisters seen around the body of at least one of the suspects have been “established to be hoaxes”, police said.
Police believe all of those directly responsible for the attack have been killed.[...] Since March there has been the Westminster attack by Khalid Masood, who mowed down pedestrians near parliament and stabbed a policeman, resulting in six deaths, including his own: and the Manchester bombing two weeks ago that killed 22. And now London again.
[...] An editor in the Sun’s London Bridge Street office says police confirmed that a number of blasts heard [...] were controlled explosions.
Source: The Guardian
An investigation into the foreign funding of extremist Islamist groups may never be published, the Home Office has admitted.
The inquiry commissioned by David Cameron, was launched as part of a deal with the Liberal Democrats in December 2015, in exchange for the party supporting the extension of British airstrikes against Isis into Syria.
But although it was due to be published in the spring of 2016, it has not been completed and may never be made public due to its "sensitive" contents.
It is thought to focus on Saudi Arabia, which the UK recently approved £3.5bn worth of arms export licences to.
Source: The Independent
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by julian on Sunday June 04 2017, @07:33PM (1 child)
You fixed nothing. Taxes are not illegitimate, you have representation. Correcting market failures, overcoming coordination problems, and addressing tragedy of the commons scenarios is an appropriate role for government. Virtually no one accepts your absurd premise and I have no guilt in voting for social programs that benefit everyone even if there are some reprobates and selfish assholes who think they're a rugged individualist and not a member of a society.
(Score: 1, Troll) by BK on Sunday June 04 2017, @10:34PM
Sometimes they are. But probably not this time.
Agreed. And Mr. Trump is YOUR representative in the executive branch right now. Isn't that swell?
Agreed.
Except that's not what you did.
You voted for a particular benefit, not mainly for the benefit of everyone, but rather for the benefit of yourself. Even if it's a great benefit [for everyone], that still makes you:
and
It certainly doesn't surprise me that someone like you would be represented by Mr. Trump.
...but you HAVE heard of me.