Well, if the average bobby is only armed with a whistle, nobody could’ve stopped the SUV and/or its driver before it mowed down those pedestrians and made it to Parliament. Guess those pedestrians didn’t rate the same kind of protection the bloody pols get.
Well, you can only extend your perimeter so far without restricting those civilians. But no, of course they don’t rate next to those very august augurers of the people’s best interests.
Police statement: “We are treating this as a terrorist incident” - BBC