Choumert Road - Armed Police

[bluebrick]

Does anyone know why there have been armed police on choumert road since Friday. Apparently they are guarding someone but it all sounds a bit odd and not to keen on having armed police on our road. does anyone know any more info?

[JoeChuff]

dunno, but i'd personally be quite happy to have armed police stationed on my road!

[Oglandia]

i heard the new home secretary's dossing at her sister's there

[Asset]

Friends of mine who live in Kennington were next door neighbours to Jack Straw and always had armed police stationed in the street when he was home secretary. Ought to reduce the contents insurance premium!

[mumra]

Yes, had heard her sister lived there but was unaware she was actually staying there -that would explain the visibility of the heavies, especially at this time.

[Michael Palaeologus]

In the current security alert - should we be broadcasting this to the whole wide world?

[*Bob*]

Michael Palaeologus Wrote:

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> In the current security alert - should we be

> broadcasting this to the whole wide world?

I'm not sure the Forum is quite that popular yet..

[JoeChuff]

I walked past it last night and there was police tape and a garden fence appeared to have been knocked over.

[Keef]

By a burning car? ;-)

[mockney piers]

Apparently us londoners are feeling jittery today. I will admit that I am, but it's got more to do with the booze I drank watching Wexford's traditional annual annihilation by Kilkenny than fear of terrorism per se.

[Brendan]

My building in Westminster has already been evacuated once today because of a suspect package.

[Keef]

I remember my cousin telling about 7/7... She was on the train behind the one that was bombed at Kings X... She was told by her office (very big law firm) to come in to work ASAP!!! Later that day there was a bomb scare, and she received a memo telling her to lower her bomb blind and continue working!!!!!

She has since left the firm!

[peckham_perkster]

My mate lives a couple of doors down from the house that is being 'guarded' by nice policemen with rifles. They arrived about 10pm on Thursday night so is in no way connected with the car bomb attempts in London as that didn't kick off till Friday morning.

He said he saw the shift change on Friday evening and witnessed a woman pumping them for information but to no avail, all they said was that it was a 'precaution'. We thought maybe it was witness protection or summat.

How on earth do people find out about the home secretary's sister living there! Now that is some serious jungle drums.

[tommy]

Yes, picked up Mrs Tommy from the Rye station last night - they were there around 11pm, but all quiet by morning. Leaving behind the sorry looking knocked down fence

[citizenED]

Mrs C was visiting a friend on Choumert Road earlier this evening - she confirmed tooled-up rozzers still there in red police van (but they were kind enough to pull over to let her and another driver through...)

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[chumasterp]

Oglandia's right, according to the police it's where the new home secretary's living.

[Vik]

Aaah, I've been wondering since yesterday what they were doing there!

[Domitianus]

Maybe the police were there to investigate who knocked down the fence?

[Dulwichmudlark]

the local fireams team are located at the old policestation on CP road

[Domitianus]

Does that mean we can all burst in and waste them now?

[Oglandia]

at least we now know where to score in SE15 ... so handy to have a cabinet minister to hand

[hoolley]

I heard this too.

[Caron]

Gosh, I'm moving back to ED after a three-year sojourn in Poole and I'm already nervous/exhilarated by all the goings-on (#40 window-smashing, etc). A few years ago I lived in Pimlico opposite a cabinet minister and there were always police stationed outside. Very helpful and tolerant of our drunken cone-stealing they were too.

[monica]

My husbands building firm is based on choumert road and for the last few weeks my darling and his workmates have had the pleasure of being eyeballed by the police who stand guard over our home secretary.They think its because they are all from belfast,i think its because they need to wash their faces of a morning and at least be a bit presentable while they stand and drink their tea on her doorstep.I personall feel sorry for my hubby he looks the most suspicious with his loud belfast accent,big boots,scar and tattoos >:D

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Is it that James Nesbitt bloke again?