The armed forces have been told to find an extra 3,500 personnel to protect the Olympic Games to cover a shortfall in recruitment by a private security firm just a fortnight before the games open.
The extra personnel, the equivalent of an infantry brigade, means that 20,000 servicemen and women will be on duty - that is a fifth of the Army. What a double whammy for the taxpayer – In addition to the £millions to pay for the extra soldiers it’s unlikely we will see a single penny of the £300 million fee the government has already paid G4S for covering the Olympic security.
It is a sight which many older generations thought they would never see in this country again.
Soldiers in residential tower blocks and green open spaces were installing surface-to-air missiles at six sites across the capital, a show of strength not seen in this country since the Second World War.
The biggest peacetime security operation the country has ever seen.
M6 'terror' swoop: £6m, 25 police cars, 13 fire engines, 4 ambulances, 2 army bomb disposal teams... due to one electronic cigarette.
In light of the aforesaid recent events, is there anyone apart from US & UK leaders who believe we can win the, “War on terror”?
Let's hope nowt kicks-off outside of the Capital. Volunteers?
