With current funding levels the UK's anti-terrorism police have only failed to stop two attacks (1) (2) although in the case of the Glasgow airport attack perhaps high levels of funding magically caused the terrorists to be incompetent. So obviously in the face of funding cuts of 25% for nearly every government department Assistant Commissioner John Yates has turned to scaremongering to try and maintain his budget. The Home Secretary has, not unreasonably, pointed out that Yates is being alarmist for personal gain. Nonetheless a politician accusing someone else of being alarmist about terrorism can't help but seem a bit hypocritical.
What will a cut to the budget of our department dedicated to keeping us constantly afraid do? Will a plague of Brazilian electricians be unleashed upon us? Only time will tell.
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