Troops and the General Election - Campaign Trail 49 - GE2017

Guardian: Has an opinion piece by Jonathan Freeland, " So let’s hope that the soldiers’ work is done by 8 June, and that they can be gone. We need our election to go ahead undisturbed, lest we give these murderers even the scent of victory. "

Lets Get Real:

One hopes for no soldiers on the streets, but if need be the whole Army should be out, if the security services believe that there is a critical threat, the Army should be in every City in the UK, in till the ALL CLEAR IS GIVEN.   If the cell can be traced back to Daesh in the Middle East and Africa then the Military should be sent to take them out, this kind of terror threat has to be removed, not one ounce of it can be allowed to survive, IF prisoners can be taken they should be sent to GITMO for tough interviews.   The UK does not want to be France, it has suffered many terrorist attacks, the UK should make a clean sweep of any Daesh threat coming from the outside the UK.  While in the UK our multi cultured society must work better as a structure, those that are Daesh supporters should be outed by their communities, the police are there to hear of any threat. 

The Election Resumes - Campaign Trail 48 - GE2017

Daily Mail: Reports " Tories and Labour announce they will restart national election campaigning on Friday as they end a truce called in the wake of the terror attack  "

Lets Get Real:

Thus the General Election gets going, it will be odd to see an election going on while the security level for the Country is at critical, the Police will have  a lot on their hands if they have to control concerts, plays, sporting events and political meetings, the Army will be needed, one can only hope that the Police and MI5 can get make quick arrests, and any more threats are removed.  As we are back to the election, and everything is political, that is the cynic in this blog, one will be interested to see the polls, with the terror attack help the Government Party, strong and steady has been the message, is the Country likely to trust Jeremy Corbyn with the security of the nation, this blog has its doubts.  As this blog stated, times moves on. 

Remember those Killed at Manchester - Update 3 - #WeStandTogether

BBC News: Reports " Manchester attack: Who were the victims? "

Lets Get Real:

As the days, weeks, months and years pass let us never forget what happened in Manchester, as distance grows the memories get pushed back, people get on with their daily lives, there is always another terrorist attack, some other breaking news, let us remember the victims and their loved ones in our thoughts, those that died had their lives stolen from them, so we should try to remember them.  It is a part of human nature not to try to think of such tragic events, its so depressing and does not say a lot about the human condition, that we try to move on, it is not that we do not care, all humans with any soul care, its just we try to see the positive, sadness the seeking of happiness is part of human nature.  Just as the years pass as they will, let us never forget Manchester. #WeStandTogether. 

Manchester Terror Attack - Update 2 - #WeStandTogether

BBC News: Reports " The UK terror threat level has been raised to its highest level of "critical", meaning further attacks may be imminent, Theresa May has said. "

Lets Get Real:

The upgrade of the threat level shows that the UK intelligence is not sure if the attack on Manchester was a lone wolf or part of cell.  Thus the UK people in the major towns and events will see soldiers with guns, this shows how worried the Government is that there could be follow on attacks.  This blog recalls the days when there was police without guns, sitting in their panda cars, we live in a different age, terrorism has almost become the new normal, here in the UK and in Europe.   If the EU is good for anything it should try to form a policy that will reduce the threat of terrorism from the Middle East. #WeStandTogether.