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Car crash outside Westminster

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youarenotkiddingme · 14/08/2018 07:58

Now it's just happened as RG was outside reporting for GMB.

No one knows what happened or why and if it's suspicious or not.

But I think the fact the immediate reaction was for armed police, no one to approach the car until they arrived and a huge cordon was applied once they'd seen driver shows that we do in fact live in a time where the suspicion is always the worst rather than the best.

Thank goodness no one else other than the driver is involved.

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youarenotkiddingme · 14/08/2018 08:02

There has been an arrest.

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Flamingo19 · 14/08/2018 08:04

I saw this come live as it has happened, it’s quite scary. Even if it’s just an accident, it’s scary how we are living in a time where an accident would provoke so much attention but equally a fab job by our police force for being so quick!

Singlenotsingle · 14/08/2018 08:05

GMB are making a meal of this. I've changed over to BBC

NewUserNameTime · 14/08/2018 08:06

Is it one arrest or several? When I left it was still unclear what happened after the AP arrived. No footage/clarity over how many people had arrived

Flamingo19 · 14/08/2018 08:07

One arrest, now the Met are saying pedestrians have been injured

rainbowstardrops · 14/08/2018 08:11

BBC have just said they think a cyclist was hit by the car.

butlerswharf · 14/08/2018 08:12

Armed police are always outside Westminster so they'll always be the ones to respond.

Rachie1986 · 14/08/2018 08:15

I've just read there have been injuries of pedestrians.

youarenotkiddingme · 14/08/2018 08:16

They aren't clear about what's happened still.

1 attest and some people are injured.

They are saying the lay by he went in isn't the usual route down the road.

They are increasing the size of the cordon.

Totally agree that the police response was amazing and as usual we are lucky to have our blue light workers who respond quickly with no thought to their own safety as primary concern.

Totally agree as well it's this response to what's possibly just an accident that shows the high alert we are on as a country.

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53rdWay · 14/08/2018 08:21

Don’t disagree we’re on high alert as a country but when it’s right outside Parliament you’d expect this kind of response anyway.

MaureenMLove · 14/08/2018 08:27

Hope it's nothing sinister. Agree with previous poster though, we are high alert of course, but police have been watching these places for years and years. I once had a car accident in almost the same place! Police were there within seconds and that was in 1995!

GeorgieTheGorgeousGoat · 14/08/2018 08:29

Who is RG?

youarenotkiddingme · 14/08/2018 08:30

Richard Gaisford - their political correspondent.

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GeorgieTheGorgeousGoat · 14/08/2018 08:32

Ah yes I know him, just couldn’t work out the initials

youarenotkiddingme · 14/08/2018 08:33

Well it was rather presumptuous of me to assume people would know who I meant!

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YeTalkShiteHen · 14/08/2018 08:33

I know this is probably the wrong response but it’s interesting how the politicians have their arses covered by a wonderful police response in London (not police bashing in any way) but haven’t done a fucking thing about the 90 murder victims in London so far this year.

Shows their priorities right up (politicians)

GabsAlot · 14/08/2018 08:34

armed police always outside parliament so id expect them to respond first

HollowTalk · 14/08/2018 08:38

I know this is probably the wrong response but it’s interesting how the politicians have their arses covered by a wonderful police response in London (not police bashing in any way) but haven’t done a fucking thing about the 90 murder victims in London so far this year.

I was thinking exactly the same thing.

CoolCarrie · 14/08/2018 08:38

Well that poor policeman who was stabbed to death didn’t have his arse covered did he Hen? And that was just outside Westminster. The police have learnt from that terrible incident.

Aragog · 14/08/2018 08:40

Aren't the politicians in their 'holiday' recess from parliament? So, the armed police aren't there just for them especially at the moment.

Clairetree1 · 14/08/2018 08:42

41 people injured when a coach load of families overturned on the M25 yesterday didn't get this response...

still, I suppose it was less likely to be rigged to explode

YeTalkShiteHen · 14/08/2018 08:43

Well that poor policeman who was stabbed to death didn’t have his arse covered did he Hen?

No he didn’t, and he’s also not a politician which kind of proves my point! They don’t care who is in the line of fire as long as they’re protected in their fancy parliament!

PlatypusPie · 14/08/2018 08:45

The MPs aren’t there but it is a huge tourist draw and will have been plenty of them there, even at that time in the morning ( jet lag, getting ahead of the rest).

Sturmundcalm · 14/08/2018 08:45

I know this is probably the wrong response but it’s interesting how the politicians have their arses covered by a wonderful police response in London (not police bashing in any way) but haven’t done a fucking thing about the 90 murder victims in London so far this year.

would you prefer that we were like mexico?? edition.cnn.com/2018/06/27/americas/mexico-political-deaths-election-season-trnd/index.html

I'm not minimising the need for action to address the murder rate in london at the moment but find it really depressing that you think the answer is to let politicians be assassinated...

YeTalkShiteHen · 14/08/2018 08:48

I'm not minimising the need for action to address the murder rate in london at the moment but find it really depressing that you think the answer is to let politicians be assassinated...

Sorry what? Where did I suggest that?

My point was that they’re happy to legislate to protect themselves, but not to legislate to combat the massive and deadly problem on their doorstep.

How you extrapolated that I want them assassinated from that is really quite remarkable.

Mexico is deflecting. People are dying, in London, on a scarily regular basis and every single cop I’ve seen talking about it blames cuts and lack of resources.

It’s not up to the U.K. government to deal with what’s happening in Mexico. It is up to them to stop 7 year olds being burned to death in their own home because of gang violence.

HTH.

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