Comments on: Terrorist Threat Level

By: Debster

Debster — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:21:28 +0000

Well, it’s no wonder you have “all you can drink” night at the local pub what with the rising terrorist threats!

By: Stu

Stu — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:57:33 +0000

And what are we, as Joe Public going to do different anyway? Start looking at bearded people with more suspicion?

By: sweavo

sweavo — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:47:36 +0000

it’s tricky because covert intel is covert and therefore it’s hard to use the intelligence while looking rational, because then you have to explain your intelligence and it gives away the way you’ve been collecting the intelligence.

So what I’m saying by that point is that a legitimate intelligence alert looks the same as an illegitimate one.

Now, assuming politicians understand my second point there, and since intel scares are good for establishing control and removing obstructions from legislation, it follows that we are going to get intel scares regardless of whether there are real or not.

So on balance, I don’t believe the threats are real.

By: Phil G

Phil G — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:39:54 +0000

In my opinion, all this nonsense with security checks etc just means the terrorists have won as they’ve made our lives hell… Ignore them or at least ban the media from reporting this stuff and nobody would know or care anything was happening.

By: Alistair

Alistair — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:27:46 +0000

perhaps they’ve decided and attack is imminent cause they’ve caught someone with a beard stockpiling bleach

By: Lois

Lois — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:05:59 +0000

More opportunities to hassle innocent photographers.

By: Paul Seward

Paul Seward — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:42:51 +0000

Given that they’re saying it’s not related to any specific intelligence about an imminent attack, I can only assume it’s a reaction to last weeks episode of Charlie Brookers Newswipe – which pretty much said “stop worrying about terrorism”

Here, have some pictures of “goats on things” to calm you down. http://goatsonthings.tumblr.com

By: lordhutton

lordhutton — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:24:34 +0000

Oh puhlees All jobs for the nasty fascists at the Home Office and UKBA. All scares to add to their controls of you and I