Fancy that. On Tuesday it’s revealed Ian Tomlinson was attacked without provocation minutes before his death, on camera. Wednesday Assistant Commissioner Bob Quick makes a schoolboy error by walking around with documents labelled secret in large friendly letters about a supposed anti-terror operation. Within hours the raid these documents supposedly refered to was put forward and carried out with a great display of force on the part of the police, arresting suspects at gunpoint in front of a library and all that. According to the police, Bob Quick’s blunder meant the police had to bring those raids forward or run the risk of the terrorists getting away or attacking early.
All I know is that the Ian Tomlinson story seems to have disappeared from the frontpages, replaced by yet another terror scare…
It will be interesting to see where Bobby Quick ends up in a few months time when the current excitement has died down.
John J Kelly
April 10, 2009 at 6:44 pmIs it just me, or is this sudden outbreak of Al Qaeda just a tad convenient, given the heat on Plod, the Home Secretary, the farrago of British retreat from Basra? Why do these murky M15 thingies all emanate from Manchester – Hasan Butt, for example? I’ve covered some of it here: http://thusmagazine.com/2009/04/uk-anti-terror-chief-resigns-after-literally-losing-the-plot-four-months-too-late/ You’re welcome to link or use any of my stuff any time and add to it if you feel fit. Tell me I can do the same and no-one will get hurt. Love your site, John