doboprobodyne<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Ayoun76" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Ayoun76</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@etchedpixels" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>etchedpixels</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.sciences.re/@Sobex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Sobex</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://c.im/@TimWardCam" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TimWardCam</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zirk.us/@ChrisMayLA6" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ChrisMayLA6</span></a></span> </p><p>Thank you for the link! The BBC report there that: Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer condemned the action as "disgraceful", saying it was an "act of vandalism".</p><p>I accept that counter terror police have been reported by other reporters to be investigating the matter. Without understanding all the information they have I don't think it's straightforward to decide whether or not such a thing is appropriate. Policing people is very hard to do well. Being policed is very hard to do well. If I were a gambler, I'd wager they're wasting their time, but I'm not, so I shall accept that only the counter terror police really know if it's appropriate or not.</p><p>Frankly, I'm not absolutely sure that the PM is the one blowing this out of proportion here. Always happy to be corrected, and of course this is with the caveat that if it were my aeroplanes being damaged, I'd have kept my bloody mouth shut 1). out of sheer embarrassment, and 2). because patrolling all the airfields all the time, even without progressive defence spending reviews, is fecking hard, and I wouldn't want my adversaries to have a weakness highlighted for them. I know, I'm setting myself up to be on the receiving end of a lot of "five-miler of death" jokes here. But anyway, clearly that isn't the route HMG are taking, so what do I know?</p><p>I will venture that a lot of the people talking about this are very excited to be talking about it. What to make of that is left as an exercise for the reader.</p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policing</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/RAF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RAF</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/hyperbole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hyperbole</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/thePoliceArentTheOnlyOverExcitedPeopleInTheRoom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thePoliceArentTheOnlyOverExcitedPeopleInTheRoom</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/everyoneNeedsToPracticeTheirDeepBreathing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>everyoneNeedsToPracticeTheirDeepBreathing</span></a></p>