Heavenly Father, we lift Danny Tommo before You today as he stands in court.
A son.
A dad.
A Christian. ✝️
Hold him in Your peace.
Give him strength, wisdom, and courage.
Comfort his children and family as they wait.
Let truth be heard and justice be done.
Watch over him, Lord. Amen. 🙏
#PrayerForDanny
I spent over two decades in counterterrorism and I’m still involved in many ways, so here are my views on what I see has happened over the past 24-36 hours in the UK:
Five British men in their twenties were arrested on Sunday near RAF Fairford on suspicion of explosives offences and the preparation of a terrorist act. On Monday they were released on police bail.
That’s not what the terrorism clock looks like when the investigators are still in charge of it.
Under ordinary UK criminal law a suspect can be held for 24 hours, stretched to 36 by a superintendent, and to 96 hours by a magistrate.
But under section 41 of the Terrorism Act the first hold is 48 hours, not 24 hours. A judge can then extend it, in stages, up to 14 days without a charge. If the case merits it, it can even be pushed to 28 days. That 14-day cap exists for exactly this kind of file of vans, an airbase the United States uses, a possible foreign hand, explosives (if there were any) and interviews that are not finished on the first night.
Counter-terrorism police said the inquiry isn’t over. They said conditions apply. They said a state link has not been ruled out. Those sentences he said only make sense if the evidence trail was still live. A live trail is why Parliament built the two-week window.
But watching the guy read out the statement showed me in his body language, tone and eye movements that releasing those five men was NOT his or his department’s decision.
Walking five men after roughly a day is what you do with a pub fight, not with a suspected terrorist attack on a bomber base.
I’ve sat in enough interrogation rooms to know the difference between a custody clock and a political ceiling. Nobody had to shout an order down a phone. Someone in the political building above the investigators decided that charging British nationals on Monday, with Iran already denying it, Washington watching the runway, and a Labour conference where the main topics of discussion were prioritizing Palestinian and other refugees settling in the UK, was uglier than bail and a holding statement.
The law allowed them to keep the door shut. Yet the door opened anyway in half of the most minimum time.
That’s the story. That for me is the only story here. Not “they were innocent.” Not “the case collapsed.” The statute was not exhausted, but the appetite was.
The real question is who, and most importantly, why?
Just a heads up RESTORE MEMBERS ....
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Please be wary if this is a new scam it could be Hope not Hate or Stand up to Racism any of those types of organisations, obviously contact your local branch number instead .
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A security guard could have stopped the Manchester Arena bombing but when he saw Salman Abedi acting suspicious, he was worried he would be accused of being racist for stopping him
We're so lucky that Farmer in Fairford didn't think the same way
Racism saves lives
@eemi666@JayDoubleUp6gm No, I took the time to read it. No, I didn't write it myself, lol. I was trying to work out whether there is some new amendment coming or something. I put that there for context of what you were actually saying.
A child left behind, injured in the water, while his father gets onto the boat and leaves French lifeguards to save him.
What kind of father does that?
Crashing waves. Chaos. A child struggling in the water, while his own father boards the boat rather than staying to protect him.
I believe scenes like this expose the failures surrounding these crossings, from the charities involved, to the actions of the French authorities, to the decisions being made by the British Government.
People are becoming increasingly angry about what they are seeing.
I genuinely fear that if confidence in the authorities continues to collapse, some people will eventually try to take matters into their own hands.
To be absolutely clear, I am not condoning, encouraging or supporting violence in any way, shape or form.
Adrian
🚨NEWS: Restore Britain have reaffirmed their commitment to rolling back devolution in both Scotland and Wales
These silly extra parliaments need to go
One country 🇬🇧
One people 🧑🧑🧒🧒
One parliament 👍
Devolution in Wales has been a disaster for the Welsh people. I hope some Welsh politicians finally find the courage to say so - Restore Britain certainly will do so.
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