[NoCmpromiz]

the British copper with him was also armed..

They actually allowed him to touch a weapon? I thought that was verboten on your hunk of rock..

And on those lines, how long before the French start arming their police? Whistles and nightsticks don't seem to work to well against AK47's in the hands on mooseslime terror rats..

[moose07]

They have Armed response units and a thing called SO19.
They prance around pretending to be Rambo, that is why the pubic give then grief.
(Think of the lunacy: Everybody on the AirBase has been Frisked and X-rayed by The RAF Regiment, Think: SF with a smile. And there's these prawns walking around like Rambo. I'm more comfortable with the US Marines on site walking around with guns than our Police morons.)
When they are all facing in the same direction you know it is real, and move safe distance.
Central London has had an armed contingent for years, floating around posing for the tourists.
(*Hey Honey, check out my MP4*.)
They have got a bit slack since the IRA stood down.