G20 Summit in London
“The snipers will be in place, the manhole covers bolted, the bins removed, the cameras trained and the motorcycle outriders primed: as world leaders converge on the capital for the G20 summit Britain’s biggest security operation is swinging into operation. Up to 5,000 police officers drawn from more than 30 forces are preparing to confront anarchists and environmentalists while 40 armed convoys containing the world’s most powerful people and protected by 1,200 security personnel will attempt to weave their way through the theatre. A climate camp has been planned for somewhere in the Square Mile, four marches nicknamed the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are due to converge on the Bank of England and the US Embassy, and small bands of protesters have declared their intent to lay an early siege to the ExCeL centre in Docklands.”
They are really preparing for the worst, but I have to admit it did make me feel much safer to see two policeofficers on the tube, and then another 4 vans worth emptying with riot gear around my office. And I don’t work anywhere close to Bank!
