London Police Chief Believes The Public Is Not Realistic About Terrorism

Sir Paul Stephenson, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Photo: Eddie Mulholland

Public Is Not Realistic About Terrorism, Scotland Yard Chief Says -- The Telegraph

The British public is failing to appreciate the risk from terrorism despite the biggest threat of an attack for three years, the head of the Metropolitan Police has warned.

In his first major speech on terrorism, Sir Paul Stephenson said most of the country remained “relatively untouched” by terrorism, despite the events of July 7.

The Met Commissioner said that had led to a “simple inability to accept the real potential for such devastating, murderous attacks.”

He said he did not want to overstate the risk but added that society had “unrealistic expectations of security” and those were “expectations that can never be satisfied.”

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My Comment: No mention of radical Islam, but plenty of mention of "right wing groups" and Irish Republican activity. Who is being unrealistic?