[Crimson Dynamo]

Rupert Lowe MP @rupertLowe10

It's NOT normal to see armed police at Christmas markets/events, it's NOT
normal to have security guards at dance classes, it's NOT normal for pockets of
unknown foreign young males to appear all over the country.


NONE of this is normal.


We must NOT get used to it.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Rupert also tweets:

This is astonishing. I questioned the Home Office about their official procedure
to inform local residents of illegal migrants being housed in hotels near them.


It is official Home Office policy NOT to tell residents.

"we do not disclose information about specific hotels which may or may not be
utilised by the Home Office to the general public."

It's simply outrageous. British taxpayers being kept in the dark about hundreds
of unchecked foreign young males being housed near their homes.

I am disgusted, genuinely disgusted.

https://x.com/RupertLowe10/status/1863621074174296496

[Cherie]

8 million a day in tax payer funds for hotels let that sink in, MPs able to claim payment for their winter fuel...but everyone else has to put up ...shut up...and do it for the greater good ....die already pensioners to save the exchequer?

[arista]

What location is that?

[Beso]

We are a bunch of saps.

[Livia]

It feels like only the safety of illegal foreigners is important.

[Crimson Dynamo]

COUNTER TERRORISM POLICING
@terrorismPolice

If you’re heading out this weekend, keep an eye on your surroundings.

Let an officer know if you see anything that doesn’t feel right, or report it online 🔗

Call 999 in an emergency 📲

https://x.com/TerrorismPolice/status...sQ0ixomJA&s=19

Unfortunately they left the comments on.......

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Christmas Dynamo

COUNTER TERRORISM POLICING
@terrorismPolice

If you’re heading out this weekend, keep an eye on your surroundings.

Let an officer know if you see anything that doesn’t feel right, or report it online 🔗

Call 999 in an emergency 📲

https://x.com/TerrorismPolice/status...sQ0ixomJA&s=19

Unfortunately they left the comments on.......

Nope this is not normal, unfortunately for kids today it is though ...shame

[MTVN]

Tbf Christmas markets have been a big terrorist target in recent years, would rather we were vigilant about this

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Tbf Christmas markets have been a big terrorist target in recent years, would rather we were vigilant about this

German Police foiled an Islamic attack just yesterday

But, no point our police saying be vigilant without saying who it is we are to look out for and why

they would rather protect the suspects rather than warn the victims properly

why is that?

[AnnieK]

Apart from a deterrent armed police in somewhere like a Christmas Market are as useful as a chocolate tea pot. They would never be able to discharge weapons with that many people around....it would always result in civilian casualties.

[bots]

Be vigilant means if someone is driving a speeding vehicle at a crowd get out of the way. If someone is wielding a knife, run away. If you are not aware of your surroundings it's more difficult to avoid.

The message of being vigilant has been around for at least 30 years, so contrary to the thread title, it is normal, to suggest otherwise is plain wrong. Also, police were on patrol when the IRA were at their height, they were preaching vigilance then and that was 60 years ago

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by bots

Be vigilant means if someone is driving a speeding vehicle at a crowd get out of the way. If someone is wielding a knife, run away. If you are not aware of your surroundings it's more difficult to avoid.

The message of being vigilant has been around for at least 30 years, so contrary to the thread title, it is normal, to suggest otherwise is plain wrong. Also, police were on patrol when the IRA were at their height, they were preaching vigilance then and that was 60 years ago

It isn't normal, normal is going to a Christmas market and feeling safe

I presume you will invoke the fear we had of German bombers and the Viking invasions next to excuse it?

[bots]

Originally Posted by Christmas Dynamo

It isn't normal, normal is going to a Christmas market and feeling safe

I presume you will invoke the fear we had of German bombers and the Viking invasions next to excuse it?

you are stating it's not normal, i have just quoted examples going back 60 years, so it obviously is normal

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by bots

Be vigilant means if someone is driving a speeding vehicle at a crowd get out of the way. If someone is wielding a knife, run away. If you are not aware of your surroundings it's more difficult to avoid.

The message of being vigilant has been around for at least 30 years, so contrary to the thread title, it is normal, to suggest otherwise is plain wrong. Also, police were on patrol when the IRA were at their height, they were preaching vigilance then and that was 60 years ago

This really.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by bots

Be vigilant means if someone is driving a speeding vehicle at a crowd get out of the way. If someone is wielding a knife, run away. If you are not aware of your surroundings it's more difficult to avoid.

The message of being vigilant has been around for at least 30 years, so contrary to the thread title, it is normal, to suggest otherwise is plain wrong. Also, police were on patrol when the IRA were at their height, they were preaching vigilance then and that was 60 years ago

I would say yes in England due to the IRA but only from the 70s, prior to that no, and across Europe were there terror threats, not sure there were

[bots]

Originally Posted by Cherie Christmas

I would say yes in England due to the IRA but only from the 70s, prior to that no, and across Europe were there terror threats, not sure there were

even in scotland in the 70's and that was 50 years ago. I remember getting evacuated from Marks and Spencers because of a bomb threat. There were lots of threats across europe. Think of the Munich olympics in 1972

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by bots

even in scotland in the 70's and that was 50 years ago. I remember getting evacuated from Marks and Spencers because of a bomb threat. There were lots of threats across europe. Think of the Munich olympics in 1972

True enough

[Crimson Dynamo]

If indeed the "far-right" are the problem, why do Christmas markets need diversity barriers but say mosques don't?

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Christmas Dynamo

If indeed the "far-right" are the problem, why do Christmas markets need diversity barriers but say mosques don't?

There can be issues on both sides.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Santa Goth

There can be issues on both sides.

yes like Real Madrid and Accrington Stanley both play football

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Christmas Dynamo

yes like Real Madrid and Accrington Stanley both play football

You shouldn't put Real Madrid up against such a maestro team.

[Crimson Dynamo]

A 37-year-old Iraqi asylum seeker has been arrested in Augsburg, Germany,
for allegedly planning a terrorist attack on the city’s popular Christmas
market, local police confirmed.

Authorities acted after discovering evidence that the suspect, named as Ali
Al-G, had scouted the market and engaged with Islamic State (IS) operatives
online. The arrest has highlighted ongoing security concerns surrounding
Christmas markets across Germany, which have been targets for Islamist
terrorism in recent years.

Die Welt reports that Ali Al-G was detained on Wednesday evening at an
asylum seekers’ residence in Augsburg. Police cited a warrant issued by the
Augsburg District Court to secure his deportation under Section 58a of
Germany’s Residence Act, a rarely invoked measure for individuals deemed
an imminent security threat. According to law enforcement, Al-G had taken
photographs of Augsburg’s Christkindlesmarkt and discussed using a vehicle
to ram into the crowd, a method reminiscent of previous IS-inspired attacks
in Europe.

https://europeanconservative.com/art...istmas-market/

[Crimson Dynamo]

"Tis the season" to be... Vigilant? Paranoid? Terrified, constantly on guard for fear of a truck ramming you and your family?

Is this the new normal now?

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by Christmas Dynamo

"Tis the season" to be... Vigilant? Paranoid? Terrified, constantly on guard for fear of a truck ramming you and your family?

Is this the new normal now?

Only for snowflakes