I said it before and I'll say it again, but British terror threat levels are idiotic. Substantial, severe, those words are meaningless.

In the light of this announcement I will temporarily break my self imposed silence.

The UK's terror threat level is being raised from "substantial" to "severe" in response to conflicts in Iraq and Syria, Home Secretary Theresa May says. The new alert level means an attack on the UK is "highly likely", although Mrs May said there was no intelligence to suggest an attack was "imminent".

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A month ago in Norway!
IS behind the terrorist threat in Norway
https://translate.google.se/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=sv&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fsverigesradio.se%2Fsida%2Fartikel.aspx%3Fprogramid%3D125%26artikel%3D5949331&edit-text=

It is becoming a worldwide problem.

There were four jihadists from extreme Islamist IS that triggered the great terror alarm in Norway to carry out a major terrorist attack
The four suspected terrorists came to Athens in mid-July, but there ends all tracks. No one knows where they are now.

Where are they now? England?

I said it before and I'll say it again, but British terror threat levels are idiotic. Substantial, severe, those words are meaningless.

What about minimal, limited, substantial and critical?

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The trouble is Zapped, that Мишель is not Dutch. He/she is an international student studying EU politics over there.

Ah, thanks for the clarification.

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It is posts like that which confirm to me why I walked out of here. My reason for posting was to warn other UK residents and UK people that may have not been otherwise aware.

Really?

So the rest of the UK are active on this forum?

You ever heard of the following: -

Social media
Newspapers
Television
Radio
Smartphones

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The trouble is Zapped, that Мишель is not Dutch. He/she is an international student studying EU politics over there.

Actually I am Dutch O.O

I said it before and I'll say it again, but British terror threat levels are idiotic. Substantial, severe, those words are meaningless.

What about minimal, limited, substantial and critical?

Does it give me an accurate idea of how likely it is that terrorists are going to attack when the threat is critical or substantial? Does it accurately give me an idea whether I should fear for my life if I step into a train, bus, public space? No, it doesn't, the words substantial and critical are meaningless as they severely over hype the actual threat I'm in.

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The trouble is Zapped, that Мишель is not Dutch. He/she is an international student studying EU politics over there.

Actually I am Dutch O.O

I knew that Michiel...

@Sirius: Can't you give Chris a break? I wouldn't call this a warm welcome back to politics:(

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I knew that Michiel...

You did, but apparently Chris and Zapped didnt :)

I knew that Michiel...

You did, but apparently Chris and Zapped didnt :)

Strange that I knew, no? ;))

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Ok, then I accept that I was wrong and I stand corrected. But you give a very good impression of not being, with your international opinions. As I stated before, the purpose of this original post was to alert UK citizens that may not have been aware of the terror threat escalation, and also to other people that may be thinking of visiting the UK, who may also not have been aware.

I have a cosmopolitan mindset, you are definitely right there, but even those that do international studies need to be born and raised somewhere ;)

It is posts like that which confirm to me why I walked out of here. My reason for posting was to warn other UK residents and UK people that may have not been otherwise aware.

Chris S. I would like to thank you for letting me know.
Both my sister, brother in law and nephew lives in England.

Cheers

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The trouble is Zapped, that Мишель is not Dutch. He/she is an international student studying EU politics over there.

Actually I am Dutch O.O

I knew that Michiel...

@Sirius: Can't you give Chris a break? I wouldn't call this a warm welcome back to politics:(

This is the politics thread...

Can't find the exact quote, but it was stated that Michiel was an "intellectual breath of fresh air" on this board...

Not long after, we see this...

Мишель I'm involved in local politics, drop me a line by pm.

Followed by this a short time later...

Up until now I was quite impressed with your posts, which seemed to have a depth of understanding and a breadth of appreciation across the whole spectrum of European politics. I see now that I was sadly mistaken.

...and now the above in bold!

Mr S is okay when issues/topics/debates are all onside with him in control. However, whenever they do not, we see the above...

...Nickerless Clegg, the worst DPM this country has ever had is nothing but a child compared to Mr S himself.

No one forced him off but he will continue to get taken to task over inane comments/posts. He does it to the rest of us, so those that dish it out must be prepared to take it. If not...

...so better late than never, Welcome back, your sparring with me has been greatly missed & I for one would love to see it back.

However, lay off the B/S & personal attacks should you deem yourself worthy to cancel your self imposed exile

I said it before and I'll say it again, but British terror threat levels are idiotic. Substantial, severe, those words are meaningless.

What about minimal, limited, substantial and critical?

Does it give me an accurate idea of how likely it is that terrorists are going to attack when the threat is critical or substantial? Does it accurately give me an idea whether I should fear for my life if I step into a train, bus, public space? No, it doesn't, the words substantial and critical are meaningless as they severely over hype the actual threat I'm in.

I'm just wondering why you reacted the way you did to Chris's post, if pretty much all alert levels in various countries are meaningless.

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I knew that Michiel...

You did, but apparently Chris and Zapped didnt :)

I was just going from your flag, but since they can be changed you could be a neighbour living across the street from me for all I know :)

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I thought this thread where about terrorism.
Now it seems like post summer quarrel.

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The trouble is Zapped, that Мишель is not Dutch. He/she is an international student studying EU politics over there.

Actually I am Dutch O.O

I knew that Michiel...

@Sirius: Can't you give Chris a break? I wouldn't call this a warm welcome back to politics:(

This is the politics thread...

Can't find the exact quote, but it was stated that Michiel was an "intellectual breath of fresh air" on this board...

Not long after, we see this...

Мишель I'm involved in local politics, drop me a line by pm.

Followed by this a short time later...

Up until now I was quite impressed with your posts, which seemed to have a depth of understanding and a breadth of appreciation across the whole spectrum of European politics. I see now that I was sadly mistaken.

...and now the above in bold!

Mr S is okay when issues/topics/debates are all onside with him in control. However, whenever they do not, we see the above...

...Nickerless Clegg, the worst DPM this country has ever had is nothing but a child compared to Mr S himself.

No one forced him off but he will continue to get taken to task over inane comments/posts. He does it to the rest of us, so those that dish it out must be prepared to take it. If not...

...so better late than never, Welcome back, your sparring with me has been greatly missed & I for one would love to see it back.

However, lay off the B/S & personal attacks should you deem yourself worthy to cancel your self imposed exile

And what does any of that have to do with this thread?

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Dutch response

The trouble is Zapped, that Мишель is not Dutch. He/she is an international student studying EU politics over there.

Actually I am Dutch O.O

I knew that Michiel...

@Sirius: Can't you give Chris a break? I wouldn't call this a warm welcome back to politics:(

This is the politics thread...

Can't find the exact quote, but it was stated that Michiel was an "intellectual breath of fresh air" on this board...

Not long after, we see this...

Мишель I'm involved in local politics, drop me a line by pm.

Followed by this a short time later...

Up until now I was quite impressed with your posts, which seemed to have a depth of understanding and a breadth of appreciation across the whole spectrum of European politics. I see now that I was sadly mistaken.

...and now the above in bold!

Mr S is okay when issues/topics/debates are all onside with him in control. However, whenever they do not, we see the above...

...Nickerless Clegg, the worst DPM this country has ever had is nothing but a child compared to Mr S himself.

No one forced him off but he will continue to get taken to task over inane comments/posts. He does it to the rest of us, so those that dish it out must be prepared to take it. If not...

...so better late than never, Welcome back, your sparring with me has been greatly missed & I for one would love to see it back.

However, lay off the B/S & personal attacks should you deem yourself worthy to cancel your self imposed exile

And what does any of that have to do with this thread?

Ask your colleague

Dutch response

The trouble is Zapped, that Мишель is not Dutch. He/she is an international student studying EU politics over there.

Actually I am Dutch O.O

I knew that Michiel...

@Sirius: Can't you give Chris a break? I wouldn't call this a warm welcome back to politics:(

This is the politics thread...

Can't find the exact quote, but it was stated that Michiel was an "intellectual breath of fresh air" on this board...

Not long after, we see this...

Мишель I'm involved in local politics, drop me a line by pm.

Followed by this a short time later...

Up until now I was quite impressed with your posts, which seemed to have a depth of understanding and a breadth of appreciation across the whole spectrum of European politics. I see now that I was sadly mistaken.

...and now the above in bold!

Mr S is okay when issues/topics/debates are all onside with him in control. However, whenever they do not, we see the above...

...Nickerless Clegg, the worst DPM this country has ever had is nothing but a child compared to Mr S himself.

No one forced him off but he will continue to get taken to task over inane comments/posts. He does it to the rest of us, so those that dish it out must be prepared to take it. If not...

...so better late than never, Welcome back, your sparring with me has been greatly missed & I for one would love to see it back.

However, lay off the B/S & personal attacks should you deem yourself worthy to cancel your self imposed exile

And what does any of that have to do with this thread?

Ask your colleague

You'd better stay out of politics, Zappy, I don't want you to get all soured up, you're such an amicable person!

[edit] Sorry for being off topic Chris...

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