UK Raises Terror Threat Level To Severe - Yahoo Finance
"The increase in the threat level is related to developments in Syria and Iraq where terrorist groups are planning attacks against the West. Some of these plots are likely to involve foreign fighters who have travelled there from the UK and Europe to take part in those conflicts," May said.
"The first and most important duty of government is the protection of the British people. We have already taken steps to amend our powers and increase our capabilities for dealing with the developing terrorist threats we face. That process will continue and the British public should be in no doubt that we will take the strongest possible action to protect our national security."
This is the first time Britain's terror threat level has been raised since January 2010, when it was ticked up from "substantial" to "severe." It was subsequently lowered in July 2011.
Meanwhile our southern border is wide open.
Why is that?
"The increase in the threat level is related to developments in Syria and Iraq where terrorist groups are planning attacks against the West. Some of these plots are likely to involve foreign fighters who have travelled there from the UK and Europe to take part in those conflicts," May said.
"The first and most important duty of government is the protection of the British people. We have already taken steps to amend our powers and increase our capabilities for dealing with the developing terrorist threats we face. That process will continue and the British public should be in no doubt that we will take the strongest possible action to protect our national security."
This is the first time Britain's terror threat level has been raised since January 2010, when it was ticked up from "substantial" to "severe." It was subsequently lowered in July 2011.
Meanwhile our southern border is wide open.
Why is that?
