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Cameron slaps down Ministry of Defence and ends ban on uniforms in public places
Daily Mail ^ | 24th May 2013 | Ian Drury

Posted on 05/24/2013 3:04:57 AM PDT by the scotsman

'David Cameron yesterday tore up an order banning troops from wearing their uniforms in public that was issued in the wake of the Woolwich attack.

He is understood to have told Defence Secretary Philip Hammond he was ‘seriously dismayed’ at official guidance given to personnel in London following the murder.

As the row raged in Whitehall, troops and their families posted pictures of themselves in full uniform online, in defiance of the ruling from the Ministry of Defence.

Insisting that the ban be rescinded, Mr Cameron told a meeting of the Cobra emergency committee in Whitehall:‘The best way to defeat terrorism is for everyone – including our brave service personnel – to go about their lives as normal.’

The dressing down was a blow for Mr Hammond, who is understood to have agreed that the uniform ban should be implemented.'

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TOPICS: United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: davidcameron; philiphammond; unitedkingdom; waronterror; woolwich
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To: Travis McGee

Well said, as usual.


21 posted on 05/24/2013 6:06:58 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved! -Ps80)
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To: the scotsman

Wow! Color me shocked! I thought the ban on wearing uniforms was cowardly and suggestive of a victory by the jihadists! Maybe things will start to change...?


22 posted on 05/24/2013 6:07:08 AM PDT by austinaero
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To: the scotsman

Huevos! He found some!


23 posted on 05/24/2013 6:07:31 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Timber Rattler

Deport the Muslims...ALL of them.


24 posted on 05/24/2013 6:09:21 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: the scotsman
Wear your uniform with pride and carry a sidearm because you are at war.

Obama just announced he is tired of it all so the war is yours. Defense is your responsibility. He is getting ready for vacation....if there are any funds left.

25 posted on 05/24/2013 6:27:12 AM PDT by Rapscallion (In Benghazi they died; Obama, Clinton and Rice lied. God may forgive. I do not.)
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To: Travis McGee

Look at those 6 animals. ABSOLUTELY energized by Satan. The darkness in them comes right to the surface.


26 posted on 05/24/2013 6:34:49 AM PDT by LeonardFMason
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To: the scotsman
It's really sickening to think that some in the UK think that the soldier's uniforms (!!!) are the problem here. Are we supposed to believe that uniforms are so provocative that poor, innocent Muslims just can't help themselves and attack? Seems a bit like blaming a woman's good looks for her being raped.

Until people get their heads out of the PC sand and acknowledge that multiculturalism is the problem, not uniforms, not guns, not knives, nor anything else, nothing will improve.

27 posted on 05/24/2013 8:54:57 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: Travis McGee

Now imagine all of them with a pink mist out the back of the head. Caliber/mm distance may vary what’s included.


28 posted on 05/24/2013 9:48:51 AM PDT by A Navy Vet (An Oath is Forever)
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