Westminster in lock down

[floo]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39355940

This is HORRIFIC. 

[Nearly Sane]

Had posted thread and then saw this.


And possibly a car crash as well. Have a lot of friends that could have been around the the HoP, and as Walter has noted his daughter is nearby


At this stage, we need more details.

[floo]

Sadly it was only a matter of time before the UK had a nasty incident like this.

[Rhiannon]

The UK has lived with this kind of incident for as long as I can remember.

My thoughts are with all concerned.

[Walter]

Had posted thread and then saw this.


And possibly a car crash as well. Have a lot of friends that could have been around the the HoP, and as Walter has noted his daughter is nearby


At this stage, we need more details.

well  my daughter is safe but is not allowed to leave her office at the moment, my thoughts are now with those who have been affected

[Rhiannon]

I'm glad she's ok.

[Walter]

I'm glad she's ok.

thank you , she's my baby x

[Walter]

JEEZ !

have you heard the BBC trying to milk it for a story , no wonder journalists come in for a hard  time . Wait until you can provide NEWS  you desperate twats .

[Bubbles]

Just heard the news, at work so just caught up in my break.

Glad Walters daughter is ok.

We don't know what it's about yet, could be a mentally disturbed person, rather than a terrorist, won't hold my breath though.

[wigginhall]

Exactly one year since Brussels terror attack, sounds significant.

[Anchorman]

Glad Walter's daughter's OK. Latest is that one woman has died after the bridge incident.

[Walter]

Just heard the news, at work so just caught up in my break.

Glad Walters daughter is ok.

We don't know what it's about yet, could be a mentally disturbed person, rather than a terrorist, won't hold my breath though.

I'm next to an  airbase , and I saw a QRA go up  TYPHOONS  good in the air but not on our streets

[Walter]

I'm next to an  airbase , and I saw a QRA go up  TYPHOONS  good in the air but not on our streets

I have to turn off the BBC NEWS  now  it is becoming offensive . Too many grad students , and old hacks trying to make a name for themselves

especially that LAURA CUENSBERG  She will confirm the earth is flat if it means she will have  work

[Rhiannon]

I have been looking at some of the images that are on a newspaper website, and I'm seeing pictures of ordinary people showing huge compassion and bravery in helping the injured. One man (it seems) has caused devastation but many more will be remembered for the goodness they've shown today.

[Walter]

I have been looking at some of the images that are on a newspaper website, and I'm seeing pictures of ordinary people showing huge compassion and bravery in helping the injured. One man (it seems) has caused devastation but many more will be remembered for the goodness they've shown today.

and I like making plum jam

[Rhiannon]

Just seen that one person has been rescued from the Thames.

[jeremyp]

JEEZ !

have you heard the BBC trying to milk it for a story

It is a story, no milking needed.

no wonder journalists come in for a hard  time . Wait until you can provide NEWS  you desperate twats .

The constant requirement for instant news caused by 24 hour news channels and social media has led to the demand to publish anything, verified or not as soon as possible. This would be an interesting topic for a thread, but I don't want to derail this one any further.

I hope your family all come through this safely.

[Rhiannon]

Obviously the comments on Yahoo News aren't the best place to look for evidence of people whose though processes are quicker than that of the average earthworm, but I did think this perhaps the most spectacularly stupid comment of the day so far.

If police had guns, that first officer would not have been shot.

So the police that shot the attacker were armed with dandelions and tickling sticks then.

[Robbie]

Beggars belief.

[Walter]

It is a story, no milking needed.
The constant requirement for instant news caused by 24 hour news channels and social media has led to the demand to publish anything, verified or not as soon as possible. This would be an interesting topic for a thread, but I don't want to derail this one any further.

I hope your family all come through this safely.

thanks , my daughter is not affected .  Start your thread , my particular most annoying person is LAURA CUENSBERG

[Harrowby Hall]

Obviously the comments on Yahoo News aren't the best place to look for evidence of people whose though processes are quicker than that of the average earthworm, but I did think this perhaps the most spectacularly stupid comment of the day so far.

If police had guns, that first officer would not have been shot.

So the police that shot the attacker were armed with dandelions and tickling sticks then.

My understanding of the event is that the dead policeman was armed.

[jeremyp]

My understanding of the event is that the dead policeman was armed.

Reports say he was not armed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39359158

[Harrowby Hall]

You are right - my earlier comment is not correct. I made it because my recollection was that I had seen a senior Scotland Yard official making a statement. He had been asked whether the dead officer was a member of the armed response unit and he had replied "yes".

However, my earlier response was my immediate response to the incredibly stupid comment referred to earlier. I apologise for my mistake.

[Bubbles]

You are right - my earlier comment is not correct. I made it because my recollection was that I had seen a senior Scotland Yard official making a statement. He had been asked whether the dead officer was a member of the armed response unit and he had replied "yes".

However, my earlier response was my immediate response to the incredibly stupid comment referred to earlier. I apologise for my mistake.

Apparently there is a lot of misinformation out there.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/janelytvynenko/heres-the-misinformation-spreading-about-the-london-attack?utm_term=.ncMLLkrvl#.qg6zzvlx1

[floo]

The police, and everyone else appears to be armed in the US, in consequence gun crime atrocities are common. I am glad our police are not routinely armed.