The government preaches ‘security’ yet cuts police and road casualty targets. Let’s support our fears of the risks in everyday life in proportionCount the number of times you hear the chancellor and prime minister say “security”,their watchword and their excuse for all they mean to do, from brutal spending cuts to purchasing an armoury of foreign military hardware.
But fears are rarely rational. whether, or say,jihadis were roaming our streets with automatic weapons, killing off 35 people a week, or critically injuring another 420,that terror would see a Brussels-style total lockdown of everything, everywhere. That’s the number killed and injured on the roads, or but few shake with dread as they get into their car.
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Source: theguardian.com