Huge Police Escort - m40 today

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Did anyone see it? Northbound between Oxford and Cherwell Valley at around 1330?

traffic stopped, entrance blocked, loads of motorbikes, black SUV’s, Black range rovers all with blacked out windows, about 30 vehicles, plus a helicopter.

Wonder who it was for? I assumed Royalty but I’ve seen them before in London and on motorways and the entourage was nothing like this, no helicopter either.

Sometimes they practice...

Perish the thought

I expect they'll fly to Prestwick

21 vehicles in his entourage to Hampton Court this morning. And a helicopter

When it comes to the IPPs it tends to be a case that they, or at least some of them, can import some of their own armed protection.

For example Armed Protection Officers, usually from SO14 of the Met, may well be used to protect some members of the Royal Family, when overseas.

Well, let me tell you a secret service story. My friend used to work (at a very low level) with Bill Clinton back in the 00s. We lived in NYC then. They did a week long event where he was around a lot (normally he was like in the same building but she rarely saw him). But because she was working more closely with him and shuffling him around to where he was meant to be at this event, she got to know a few of his secret service agents.

At the end of the week, ole Billy flew off to his country house somewhere and his secret service agents were free until they had to fly home the next day. My friend invited them out for drinks and said she’d find some friends to show them around the city for the night, and was like, omg, do you want to go out drinking with Bill Clinton’s secret service agents?! I was like give me 20 minutes.

These guys were an absolute hot mess. They told us all sorts of stories about shit they probably should not have. One knocked a tooth out falling over doing a shot. The other was so drunk he fell down the stairs, an entire flight of stairs, to the bar basement looking for the toilet. My friend and I had to put them in a cab eventually and just hope they made it safely back to their hotel. 🤣 I always think of them when I hear stories about secret service. Because if they are anything like these fools, no wonder they need so many of them!

Lammy, meanwhile, was seen waiting Han Solo at Platform 4 of Didcot station for the delayed 14.35….

Are they the ones who have fake arms but the real arms are inside holding the guns

Well they’re simply the hired help with brawn. No brains required. Loads of them about.

He’s staying for six weeks apparently. Is he going to have that level of escort every time he goes out, round the small lanes of the Cotswolds? God help the locals!

Do you honestly believe that our vice president's life would be entrusted to foreign country's security?
They use their own equipment and personnel, flying on a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster or C-5 Galaxy aircraft, landing at a USAF base in the UK.

Years ago, Mobama came to our village. I took DS who was 3 at the time, to the barbers in the village that morning.

There was secret service man having his hair cut at the same time. It was hilarious. He was built like the proverbial, having a short back and sides and presumably getting the lay of the land from the barber.

They do

🤣🤣🤣

Very self important aren’t they. I don’t think they understand uk culture. They would’ve been safe in a couple of Ford Mondeos (top spec of course), with a couple of Bobbys. That’s definitely be cheaper for us tax payers as well.

Is This where the private school VAT went?

Pondering the double standards that we’ll cover such extensive security for a US private citizen on a family holiday, but we will not provide any security for another US private citizen when they come for various reasons including work & personal.

It’ll be taxpayer funded given it was made quite clear that Met police security is not for sale.

If his entourage blocks up the back lanes here I will not be the first to reverse😂 I've had YEARS more practise round our little Cotswold lanes!

Got to love Anne 💕

This just makes me think of father Ted

OMG how bad is it going to be when Orange man comes to Windsor in September ?

this would be brilliant t. Can you just drive around until you find them

When I lived at home, many moons ago, I’d often see Princess Anne out and about driving her horse box. There was zero kerfuffle about that either.

He landed at Stansted. Which is our secure airport for anything high risk

This with a million bells on

Given 7 US presidents have been shot it might be worth letting another country with some decent security skills have a go at the job of keeping the fool safe.

Regardless of what you think of JD Vance (I can't stand him), remember that this is not down to him. The US State Department and Secret Service have a very large budget for overseas trips and they are determined to spend it. The level of OTT would be the same for Obama or any other US President/VP that you might like better. I remember GW Bush arriving in Australia for some summit or other and one of the first things he did was apologise for the disruption to a major city that he knew was caused by any trip that he made.

Many years ago, Ronald Reagan visited the place where I worked. At one point the schedule called for him to get out of the car and wave to the crowds for 10 seconds outside the entrance. A block of 50 flats overlooked the spot, with a decent sniper view, so everyone was evacuated from there for 2 nights beforehand and housed in nice hotels. At the back end of the building was a car park exit that crossed a pavement, where a couple of rather rickety "slalom" barriers had been installed to stop people emerging too quickly and knocking down pedestrians - these were removed because they would have added 5 seconds to the Presidential ambulance's exit time, in case he had been shot and wounded or was having a heart attack or whatever. After Reagan's visit they were replaced with a considerably more solid arrangement, all at the US taxpayers' expense.