Explosion at the MEN arena.
22 May 2017, 11:39 PM
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Explosion at the MEN arena.
That's what sky news are reporting at the min, touch wood everyone is ok. The details are a bit vague at the min as they are also reporting that their is a problem to do with one of the train stations around there, Victoria i think.
22 May 2017, 11:58 PM
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23 May 2017, 01:14 AM
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Police say 19 dead, 50 injured.
Allegedly, possibly outside the arena, in a public space.
Fair play to CNBC though, because about an hour ago, they'd already said there were 20 fatalities. (At the time, I thought they were just spouting the usual frothing-at-the-mouth speculation-based crap - just so as to be first with the latest news).
Allegedly, possibly outside the arena, in a public space.
Fair play to CNBC though, because about an hour ago, they'd already said there were 20 fatalities. (At the time, I thought they were just spouting the usual frothing-at-the-mouth speculation-based crap - just so as to be first with the latest news).
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23 May 2017, 08:26 AM
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And they're now targeting outside London.
I was at Leeds Arena last week, and although they were looking in peoples bags, they only seemed interested in looking for bottles of pop, so if you needed a drink, you'd have to buy one in there for silly money.
Maybe if they'd searched bags properly 22 kids wouldn't be dead.
Looking for bombs? Nah, lets clamp down on the real crime ........ stopping someone bringing in a bottle of water to drink.
I was at Leeds Arena last week, and although they were looking in peoples bags, they only seemed interested in looking for bottles of pop, so if you needed a drink, you'd have to buy one in there for silly money.
Maybe if they'd searched bags properly 22 kids wouldn't be dead.
Looking for bombs? Nah, lets clamp down on the real crime ........ stopping someone bringing in a bottle of water to drink.
23 May 2017, 08:42 AM
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And they're now targeting outside London.
I was at Leeds Arena last week, and although they were looking in peoples bags, they only seemed interested in looking for bottles of pop, so if you needed a drink, you'd have to buy one in there for silly money.
Maybe if they'd searched bags properly 22 kids wouldn't be dead.
Looking for bombs? Nah, lets clamp down on the real crime ........ stopping someone bringing in a bottle of water to drink.
I was at Leeds Arena last week, and although they were looking in peoples bags, they only seemed interested in looking for bottles of pop, so if you needed a drink, you'd have to buy one in there for silly money.
Maybe if they'd searched bags properly 22 kids wouldn't be dead.
Looking for bombs? Nah, lets clamp down on the real crime ........ stopping someone bringing in a bottle of water to drink.
23 May 2017, 08:44 AM
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And they're now targeting outside London.
I was at Leeds Arena last week, and although they were looking in peoples bags, they only seemed interested in looking for bottles of pop, so if you needed a drink, you'd have to buy one in there for silly money.
Maybe if they'd searched bags properly 22 kids wouldn't be dead.
Looking for bombs? Nah, lets clamp down on the real crime ........ stopping someone bringing in a bottle of water to drink.
I was at Leeds Arena last week, and although they were looking in peoples bags, they only seemed interested in looking for bottles of pop, so if you needed a drink, you'd have to buy one in there for silly money.
Maybe if they'd searched bags properly 22 kids wouldn't be dead.
Looking for bombs? Nah, lets clamp down on the real crime ........ stopping someone bringing in a bottle of water to drink.
23 May 2017, 09:02 AM
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It was the arena concourse where the explosion took place, not inside the actual arena itself. A large part of Manchester Arena's concourse joins Victoria Street Train Station, so after a gig, anyone can enter (the public concourse that is). It's not like the usual out of city arenas where everything is enclosed behind restricted entrances. It's very much a public domain at the end of a gig so any nut job could enter and cause an atrocity like last night. I suspect the sicko didn't even attend the concert and was just waiting for his/her opportunity to strike.
23 May 2017, 09:16 AM
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So - ISIS just claimed responsibility for this !
Cowards !!!! must take a real big man to kill children - spineless gutless cowards
How many more times will this happen before we as a society come down hard on these people and their families, and the places preaching this hate.
Cowards !!!! must take a real big man to kill children - spineless gutless cowards
How many more times will this happen before we as a society come down hard on these people and their families, and the places preaching this hate.
23 May 2017, 10:23 AM
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So - ISIS just claimed responsibility for this !
Cowards !!!! must take a real big man to kill children - spineless gutless cowards
How many more times will this happen before we as a society come down hard on these people and their families, and the places preaching this hate.
Cowards !!!! must take a real big man to kill children - spineless gutless cowards
How many more times will this happen before we as a society come down hard on these people and their families, and the places preaching this hate.
Well, given the latest opinion poles, support for labour and it's open door policy is on the rise. So trying to keep these people out will just become harder and harder.
It was also Labour who took us to war in Iraq and Afghanistan, while letting thousands of them come here without checks that has led to all this.
Yet all people will see at the ballot box is promises for free University education (which is a choice not a right), 4 extra bank holidays a year, Pay rises for all public sector workers, and Nationalising all our energy and railways, so we can hand over power to all our essential needs over to the Unions, who will be striking every year unless they gat an unstainable 6% pay rise every year. Ah, the good old days of striking for workers rights and bringing the country to it's knees.
Britain. Not Great Britain anymore
23 May 2017, 10:49 AM
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Well, given the latest opinion poles, support for labour and it's open door policy is on the rise. So trying to keep these people out will just become harder and harder.
It was also Labour who took us to war in Iraq and Afghanistan, while letting thousands of them come here without checks that has led to all this.
Yet all people will see at the ballot box is promises for free University education (which is a choice not a right), 4 extra bank holidays a year, Pay rises for all public sector workers, and Nationalising all our energy and railways, so we can hand over power to all our essential needs over to the Unions, who will be striking every year unless they gat an unstainable 6% pay rise every year. Ah, the good old days of striking for workers rights and bringing the country to it's knees.
Britain. Not Great Britain anymore
It was also Labour who took us to war in Iraq and Afghanistan, while letting thousands of them come here without checks that has led to all this.
Yet all people will see at the ballot box is promises for free University education (which is a choice not a right), 4 extra bank holidays a year, Pay rises for all public sector workers, and Nationalising all our energy and railways, so we can hand over power to all our essential needs over to the Unions, who will be striking every year unless they gat an unstainable 6% pay rise every year. Ah, the good old days of striking for workers rights and bringing the country to it's knees.
Britain. Not Great Britain anymore
23 May 2017, 10:59 AM
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Don't allow the murderers to create hate and division. Allowing them to appeal to the instinct to isolate ourselves gives them a patently undeserved victory. Hate stops when the bomber detonates their bomb and love starts when we pick ourselves up and keep on keeping on.
23 May 2017, 11:02 AM
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Yep, completely agree with the above couple of posts. For some reason, people are believing every single word of the labour manifesto for no apparent reason? They'll happily hang off every single word written in the labour manifesto, but will completely rubbish everyone else's instantly??? Free tuition fees?.....good luck with that one. Still, if young people are gullible enough to believe it all.
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My thoughts are with the families of the dead and injured 
my nephews daughters were at the concert, thankfully there home safe and sound 
However, you can't help but cringe at the hypocrisy of Mr Jeremy Corbyn, only a few days ago he flatly refused to condemn the IRA for the bombing of innocent civilians. Yet a few hours ago....
Mr Corbyn said in a statement:
my nephews daughters were at the concert, thankfully there home safe and sound However, you can't help but cringe at the hypocrisy of Mr Jeremy Corbyn, only a few days ago he flatly refused to condemn the IRA for the bombing of innocent civilians. Yet a few hours ago....
Mr Corbyn said in a statement:
“I am horrified by the horrendous events in Manchester last night. My thoughts are with families and friends of those who have died and been injured.
“Today the whole country will grieve for the people who have lost their lives.
“I have spoken with Andy Burnham, the mayor of Manchester, who has fully briefed me on the operational response in the city.
“I would like to pay tribute to the emergency services for their bravery and professionalism in dealing with last night’s appalling events.
“I have spoken with the Prime Minister and we have agreed that that all national campaigning in the general election will be suspended until further notice.”
All of the UK's political parties have suspended General Election campaigning in the wake of the attack
“Today the whole country will grieve for the people who have lost their lives.
“I have spoken with Andy Burnham, the mayor of Manchester, who has fully briefed me on the operational response in the city.
“I would like to pay tribute to the emergency services for their bravery and professionalism in dealing with last night’s appalling events.
“I have spoken with the Prime Minister and we have agreed that that all national campaigning in the general election will be suspended until further notice.”
All of the UK's political parties have suspended General Election campaigning in the wake of the attack
23 May 2017, 11:37 AM
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Iraq / afgahistan certainly were at the top table for,asylum acceptance , we didnt simply have an open door policy though!
how youd actually ascertain for sure whether anyone them could potentially turn hardline islamist somewhere down the line iv no idea
how youd actually ascertain for sure whether anyone them could potentially turn hardline islamist somewhere down the line iv no idea
23 May 2017, 12:22 PM
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And they're now targeting outside London.
I was at Leeds Arena last week, and although they were looking in peoples bags, they only seemed interested in looking for bottles of pop, so if you needed a drink, you'd have to buy one in there for silly money.
Maybe if they'd searched bags properly 22 kids wouldn't be dead.
Looking for bombs? Nah, lets clamp down on the real crime ........ stopping someone bringing in a bottle of water to drink.
I was at Leeds Arena last week, and although they were looking in peoples bags, they only seemed interested in looking for bottles of pop, so if you needed a drink, you'd have to buy one in there for silly money.
Maybe if they'd searched bags properly 22 kids wouldn't be dead.
Looking for bombs? Nah, lets clamp down on the real crime ........ stopping someone bringing in a bottle of water to drink.
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