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What do the British Threat Levels Mean to You?

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This morning I saw this poster shared by the Hampshire Police:

“It’s probably nothing but…If you see anything suspicious don’t take a chance. Contact the anti-terrorist hotline 0800 789 321.”

Terrorism 2017 BritishThreatLevels

My teenage son and I had a chat this morning about the current terrorist threat. He reminded me that his previous school trip a year ago to Belgium had to be rescheduled due to the Paris attacks, affecting their trip to Belgium. A few months afterwards they finally visited Belgium, and a week after their return, Belgium was under attack.

We all know by now the British government has raised the terror threat level to critical, for the first time in ten years, in the wake of the attack on Manchester Arena on Monday. (May: ‘A further attack may be imminent’ – BBC News)

What do the British Threat Levels mean to you?

In social media, the #BritishThreatLevels hashtag has shown a mix of humour, wit, satire, and, some of you might consider, Britishness.

Here are a few examples:

I’m reminded by my son (by the way, he is doing GCSE History this year) that the British are resilient, as they had gone through many wars in history, and these tweets are a reflection of people’s strength, and their comtempts to the attackers.

What do the #BritishThreatLevels mean to you?

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  1. Two things struck me about this bombing. The young victims would not dream of bombing innocent children so why did the bomber think of it. He didn’t, someone taught him. Who? His local community and those in Libya. There are schools, called madrassas, some of which teach this sort of thing.

    Then a member of his mosque was interviewed and he knew nothing of the radicalisation whereas others in the mosque knew about it and so did many other people. Are some in the mosque turning a blind eye?

    Troops on the street? That is just to make the government look tough. It is the quiet, behind the scenes work that is preventing attacks.

    What will I do? Keep my eyes and ears open.

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