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Yet it sounds like the emergency services did an incredible job last night.
One wonders whether every city has the resources to respond like that.
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I'm not disputing that at all, the hard work of all the emergency services is something we should all appreciate.
However, this is the third incident in two months and, whilst we know nothing yet of the identity of the perpetrators, I'd be surprised if they weren't known to the security services. As others more knowledgeable than me have commented, the cuts to community policing have been particularly hard and that has a direct effect on intelligence gathering at the local level.
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The very same Conservatives who've cut police numbers by 20,000?
I know historically they are seen as the party of law and order, but their austerity policy has decimated public services and seriously weakened our emergency services.