Excellent news there, Ryan. So, by by applying your previous rigorous mathematical methods.. if Theresa cuts police by a further 50% there would be no more crime! Hurrah. Vote Conservative.
“Intelligence is collected via anonymous tip-offs to counter terrorism officers”. Some is perhaps, though I don’t know the number for one, do you? A lot is via phone calls to a civilian-manned ‘hotline’, though this idea isn’t working too efficiently. A lot used to be via conversations that ordinary police officers (flat-foots? What century is this?) had with ordinary families, and good old fashioned observation of what was going on – something the ‘flat foot’ was trained in. This is happening less or possibly not at all now – which means that ‘under the radar’ attacks like the last one happen – the radar isn’t low enough. This is not me saying it, it is the Commissioner of the Met, saying as much as she can without making a political statement just before an election.
That increase in armed officers is, as you know, beginning to redress a reduction in numbers put in place by the Conservative government.
Would you rather police funding and resources were not discussed politically at this stage? Would you rather there was no political responsibility? Look, your lot are busy trying to make out that Jeremy Corbyn is some kind of terrorist supporter. I think it’s perfectly reasonable to point out a dangerous hypocrisy here. I am still waiting for the blessed May to step up and defend her record.
Corbyn was asked whether he would back calls for May to resign – bearing in mind her role as the Home Secretary who presided over cuts to police resources as well as MI5? He said yes. So would I, is this a surprise? Then he thought about it and added that we all have a chance to force her resignation on Thursday. In fact, the former would gain less politically than the latter.
With your remarkably distasteful applauding of murder earlier you have quite some nerve accusing anyone of being low.
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