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Policeman in "cutting police numbers is bad" shock. :rolleyes: As I say, I agree that cutting 20,000 officers is absurd for many reasons. BUT if an independent ombudsman of ten years with no axe to grind either way believes specifically it is not a fundamental reason for better terrorism​...

Nope, you're the one missing the point. The point *I* am making is that the 20,000 police cuts have nothing to do with terrorist prevention, according to the former independent reviewer of terrorism policy. If you ask me whether cutting numbers this drastically is a good idea, well I agree...

Nope, I can't agree with that. Lord Carlile, who acted from 2001 to 2011 as the UK's Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, was quoted yesterday as follows: I tend to agree. Let's have the debate on police numbers, but not the opportunistic linking of this to terrorism. We have...