Party Vibe

The Government has put the UK on full alert, there has been a Cabinet Office emergency meeting and LHR now closed to all incoming flights not currently in UK airspace

saw some very “interesting aircraft” in the skies today..

another lesser threat (perhaps overlooked) is that of increased racial tension and civil disturbances in Britain as a reprisal..

the alert state has always been relatively high and Britain has been in readiness for both international war and civil conflict since the 1980s.

There has never actually been “peace” in this country!

This alert is very recent; only came in this morning.

At least in Britain we are more prepared for this; I got the impression that Americans had this level of intelligence before 9/11 but were reluctant to take the security measures due to the economic impact of shutting down the airports.

incidentally I think the real impact isn’t going to be from the bombs etc… this country is a surveillance society where stuff like this is often fairly easily stopped before it gets too extreme..

it will be when a group of lads who on a cheap flight for some stag weekend find their holiday is all fucked up due to cancellations/delays/whatever

they spend their time instead kipping in an airport surrounded by angry people and cops with guns…

then they decide to trash the nearest ethnic minority run business they can find as a reprisal, at the very least there is increase racial tension; at worst it drives people from certain communities further towards joining the radical groups

and the circle continues…

TBH voting is merely a token gesture as the power is often even out of Governments hands – decisions are made elsewhere by big corporates or even by the radical groups who cause this fear – yet cannot be stopped wihtout stopping the free movement of goods and people our modern World depends on.

However it does at least show some sort of opinion to the people in power and if you are a citizen of the Commonwealth you can still vote in British elections; if you are an EU citizen you can vote in British local elections or you should still be able to vote in your home country….

I think that as yet Britain has had a lucky escape and the situation is far better than it could have been. Most of the people alleged to be involved in this have been nicked; no ones been blown up and no shots fired.

Not only did the attack not succeed; at present we are not yet seeing the anger spill over to scuffles and fights in the airport between the plethora of different ethnic groups to be found at any British airport every day.

Also if cops and MI5 are actually managing to catch the alleged attackers this would indicate that decent people from ethnic minority communities are not supporting violence and helping the authorities catch the extremists – otherwise the authorities would not be able to get past the cultural and language barriers – although the terrorists may be “British” they don’t always discuss their plans in English!

That is actually something we can still be proud of….