Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
six times more people linked to the conflict in Syria under terrorism legislation last year than in 2013, they said Friday.
The total for the whole of 2014 stood at 165 compared to 25 for 2013.
Officials estimate that more than 500 Britons have traveled to fight with Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
jihadists in Syria and Iraq and fear that some could return and launch attacks at home.
Britannia's official terrorism threat level currently stands at severe, the second-highest level, meaning that an attack is thought to be highly likely. Police say they foiled up to five suspected plots last year.
Parliament is debating new legislation being rushed through by Prime Minister
David Cameron... has stated that he is
certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite,which means he's not. Since he is
not deeply ideologicalhe lacks core principles and is easily led. He has been described as
certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger,but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ...
's government which would allow the passports of people suspected of traveling abroad to fight with groups like IS to be confiscated.
It would also allow suspects to be banned temporarily from Britannia.
"Last year's arrest figures demonstrate a considerable increase in the volume, range and pace of counter-terrorism activity in the UK," said Helen Ball, the senior national coordinator for counter-terrorism policing.
"We have been running exceptionally high numbers of investigations, the likes of which we have not seen for many years."