Britain Bracing For Internments?

Wizbang is on top of a meeting in Britain where Sir Ian made the off cuff remark about internments.

Last week, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner addressed the Reform Club Media Group. Nothing like the ‘establishment’ sticking together is there? The meeting was conducted under Chatham House rules, which mean that no one attending is supposed to divulge what is said. But one person present was so appalled at Sir Ian’s attitude and authoritarian stance that he has revealed to me an alarming - and seemingly off the cuff - remark made by Sir Ian at the event.

Sir Ian said the British people should ‘brace themselves for a truly appalling act of terror’. He said that following this act of barbarism ‘people would be talking quite openly about internment’, giving the impression that he would be leading the pro-internment lobby. No doubt he will find a willing supplicant in the tougher than tough Home Secretary John Reid.

What one speaks others are thinking. Don’t forget how much that nation went through in WW2. They are a small country and unlike the US they remember more vividly WW2. What happens there in isn’t like the remote feeling for the west coast when something happens on the east coast. Certainly some are getting a bit edgy over the recent arrests of terrorists.

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