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Shots fired outside Houses of Parliament

Well, IME, of my last two jobs, nobody ever talked about anything on the news ever, just work, but that was in schools, which tend to narrow people's focuses.
Another job I had, we talked about it all the time, but only cos we worked in a place where news had an impact on what we were doing.
People have talked about all sorts of shit. Has Keven Bacon had plastic surgery, what they had for tea last night etc. Bit not one mention of this. I am wondering how common that is.
 
I'd put good money on it not being part of the plan, but a target of opportunity - you'll recall that 3 of the injured on the bridge were police officers walking back from a commendation ceremony: they'd have been in full uniform, medals jangling and very, very obvious. I'd not be remotely surprised if he clocked them and decided to have a pop on the spur of the moment - he may even have thought they were quite senior officers from the way they were dressed and where they were.

The whole thing was a bit 'happy shopper' as terrorism goes. Not that that helps the kids whose mums or dads didn't go home last night...
I was wondering along the same lines yesterday, though I didn't know about the cops in dress uniforms which makes that even more plausible. We may never know unless an email trail of the bloke's plans emerges. However it just struck me that the 2 bits of what happened yesterday didn't really fit together. It might have been planned as 'murder by car', followed by a charge towards the parliamentary armed cops, but somehow it doesn't quite hang together. Suppose it's easier to get a car than a gun/bomb, which might ultimately be the answer.
 
BBC's Laura K is reporting that she's heard an unconfirmed rumour that the plain clothes police officer who shot the attacker was one of the Defence Secretary's close protection team.

It's a little detail but it's interesting - that Officer would only have been there because the DS was in parliament, so if he'd not been there - presumably having a fag or a chat or waiting with Fallon's car - where was the next armed Police officer?

Was parliament not quite as well protected as we might like to think?
 
BBC's Laura K is reporting that she's heard an unconfirmed rumour that the plain clothes police officer who shot the attacker was one of the Defence Secretary's close protection team.

It's a little detail but it's interesting - that Officer would only have been there because the DS was in parliament, so if he'd not been there - presumably having a fag or a chat or waiting with Fallon's car - where was the next armed Police officer?

Was parliament not quite as well protected as we might like to think?
as nietzsche would have said, 'unsubstantiated speculation runs riot'
 
This twat is a regular fixture on Irish radio, a failed businessman turned shock jock:



Question, has any serious security professional (of any kind, in either the public or private sector) ever recommended collective punishment or victimization of entire communities as a solution to the sort of shite that happened in London yesterday?
 
This twat is a regular fixture on Irish radio, a failed businessman turned shock jock:



Question, has any serious security professional (of any kind, in either the public or private sector) ever recommended collective punishment or victimization of entire communities as a solution to the sort of shite that happened in London yesterday?


Senior members of NSDAP for one.
 
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