Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

jakeXT

(10,575 posts)

41. The Brits are on RED now

Reply to grahamhgreen (Original post)

Fri Aug 29, 2014, 09:33 AM

Aug 2014

UK terrorist threat level raised to 'severe', Theresa May says

The UK's terror threat level is being raised from "substantial" to "severe", Home Secretary Theresa May has said.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-28986271

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

45 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

OMG!!! Threat Level ORANGE!!!!! [View all] grahamhgreen Aug 2014 OP

How orange is it? Xipe Totec Aug 2014 #1

ROFL!!!!!!!!!! onecent Aug 2014 #14

DUzy for the win! nt Javaman Aug 2014 #15

FTW, baby!!!! grahamhgreen Aug 2014 #24

LOLOL!! Segami Aug 2014 #25

Swear if there are still DUzies libodem Aug 2014 #27

It's like, how much more orange could this be? Maedhros Aug 2014 #32

What's wrong with being sexy? n/t reflection Aug 2014 #36

It's worse than you think. reflection Aug 2014 #35

Agent Orange? Xipe Totec Aug 2014 #37

If only he had a brain! Rex Aug 2014 #45

claiming they were defending Muslims malaise Aug 2014 #2

It's from 2003 (nt) muriel_volestrangler Aug 2014 #20

True but it's Benghazi time again malaise Aug 2014 #22

"probably" Barack_America Aug 2014 #3

or bend over and kiss your butt good bye level. whistler162 Aug 2014 #9

"Theat" level? LloydS of New London Aug 2014 #4

Don't panic until "Teat level bellybutton" jberryhill Aug 2014 #11

HA! LloydS of New London Aug 2014 #13

This reminds me of, "help me Obi Wan Kanobi you're my only hope" a kennedy Aug 2014 #16

So they're admitting that all that dough we spend on defense isn't doing squat to make us safer. Scuba Aug 2014 #5

Better get out the duct tape and plastic sheeting. hobbit709 Aug 2014 #6

Must be bad since we all know that whistler162 Aug 2014 #7

fear factory cranking up. time for another tax cut and aircraft carrier KG Aug 2014 #8

Good try! davidpdx Aug 2014 #10

LOL! FSogol Aug 2014 #12

More specifically, the OP is an altered version of the March 2003 alert under Bush: muriel_volestrangler Aug 2014 #19

You might be waiting awhile. There is a lot more disingenuous outrage to be spread. FSogol Aug 2014 #21

Oops, I forgot my sarcasm thingy! Fixing! grahamhgreen Aug 2014 #33

I hoped, i changed AngryAmish Aug 2014 #17

I don't get concerned until it reaches Threat Level Purple pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #18

No need to go making hay out of this. NuclearDem Aug 2014 #23

Nice strawman. nt msanthrope Aug 2014 #39

Looks like a lot of people on this thread want their picture added next to gullible. conservaphobe Aug 2014 #26

Theat?? cwydro Aug 2014 #28

The colors are long gone....POTUS realized that some people are MADem Aug 2014 #29

Is this meant to intentionally mislead? still_one Aug 2014 #30

The militaristic police are more of a threat to us than Isis is at the moment. Initech Aug 2014 #31

Americans are 8 times more likely to be killed by a law enforcement officer than VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #34

Agreed. nt ecstatic Aug 2014 #44

I kind of miss the terrorist threat mood ring... Wounded Bear Aug 2014 #38

what's so funny? ecstatic Aug 2014 #40

Fool me once, Shame on you, fool me twice, grahamhgreen Aug 2014 #42

while I'm not worried, I'm not confident enough to mock ecstatic Aug 2014 #43

The Brits are on RED now jakeXT Aug 2014 #41