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Major incident declared this morning near RAF Fairford with home evacuated.

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FriedGreenTomatoes2 Sun 27-Sept-26 09:28:35

The Army has sent in its bomb squad after several men were arrested on suspicion of explosives offences near an RAF base.

A major incident has been declared and residents have been evacuated from “a number” of homes in the Whelford area, near RAF Fairford, in Gloucestershire.

Several men have been arrested on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act.

RAF Fairford hosts United States air force personnel and has been used to launch operations ​against Iran during the war in the Middle East.

Gloucestershire Police said the Army’s specialist explosive ordnance disposal team were at the scene examining vehicles.

A police cordon is in place at the scene. Officers said the incident was “contained”.

Source; The Telegraph

Casdon Sun 27-Sept-26 11:37:19

Nigel Farage does find it very easy to talk out of his arse, doesn’t he. Any one of us could make regular doom predictions, and by the law of averages some of them will come true. Equally, many of them won’t. This is an occasion where it is better to wait and see what has actually happened before leaping to put two and two together to make five, as is happening on this thread.

greyfur16 Sun 27-Sept-26 11:37:25

Peacelilydilly

I wonder if Nigel Farage will be proved right again as he has with many things over the years.

Like what?

Fallingstar Sun 27-Sept-26 11:40:46

Farage proved right??
Well a broken clock is right twice a day.

Peacelilydilly Sun 27-Sept-26 11:40:49

Thank you fancythat

Commonground Sun 27-Sept-26 11:53:22

I'm not surprised, houses in Welford have been evacuated. RAF Welford is the 2nd largest munitions depot in Europe and the largest operated by the US.

Cossy Sun 27-Sept-26 11:53:41

Peacelilydilly

Andy Burnham staged a coup, Mayor of Manchester one minute then Prime Minister of the UK the next minute and now Mrs Burnham has left her job and is now positioning herself as our First Lady. Coup complete.

If you bothered to read the N&P posts and digested, you’ll see many of us were not all happy with the way AB became PM.

That includes myself, and we were very vocal about it.

However, Starmer lost the faith of both his voters and his own party. Not helped by constant bashing by right wing media.

I still think he was treated appallingly, but this is politics and it happens. We don’t have to like it.

It’s not unusual, as far back as Churchill PMs were being “deposed” by their own MPs.

Why you feel the need to mention AB’s wife is utterly beyond me? Just sheer nastiness.

Casdon Sun 27-Sept-26 12:05:31

In what way is it worse to persuade the parliamentary members of your Party, within its rules, and in whom that right is invested, to vote you into the role of PM, than it is running your own political party as a business, aka a dictatorship, where you cannot be deposed?

FriedGreenTomatoes2 Sun 27-Sept-26 12:12:02

Several men have been arrested on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act.

Peacelilydilly Sun 27-Sept-26 12:28:18

Why you feel the need to mention AB’s wife is utterly beyond me? Just sheer nastiness.

It's in the news she's left her job, google it, no nastiness on my part just saying it how it is and how I see it.

Peacelilydilly Sun 27-Sept-26 12:34:29

It will be interesting to find out just who these men are.

AGAA4 Sun 27-Sept-26 12:40:09

There are many Iranians who have been born here. It's just speculation to say they have come over in a boat.

We still don't know if the perpetrators are Iranian.

Casdon Sun 27-Sept-26 12:40:32

Peacelilydilly

*Why you feel the need to mention AB’s wife is utterly beyond me? Just sheer nastiness.*

It's in the news she's left her job, google it, no nastiness on my part just saying it how it is and how I see it.

I’m glad that you see her positioning herself as our First Lady in such a positive way in that case, Peacelilydilly, well done you.

Whitewavemark2 Sun 27-Sept-26 13:16:53

This where your grab bag comes into action!

Cossy Sun 27-Sept-26 13:45:43

Peacelilydilly

*Why you feel the need to mention AB’s wife is utterly beyond me? Just sheer nastiness.*

It's in the news she's left her job, google it, no nastiness on my part just saying it how it is and how I see it.

Why do you even care? The way you posted certainly smacked of “nastiness”

nanna8 Sun 27-Sept-26 13:53:04

Well congratulations are due for those responsible for thwarting this attack. Shows the intelligence is actually working. Speculation that it is connected with the Iran war, seems most likely.

Chocolatelovinggran Sun 27-Sept-26 13:55:49

Indeed, nanna8.

greyfur16 Sun 27-Sept-26 13:56:17

What's the connection between AB's wife and this attempted attack?

greyfur16 Sun 27-Sept-26 13:57:23

Peacelilydilly

It will be interesting to find out just who these men are.

How do you rate your chances of being told the truth?

Wyllow3 Sun 27-Sept-26 14:01:56

Well I think its about time that we banned the USA using our country as a base for going to war.

"Extreme" Palestinian group?

*No way Extreme ideologically...... Loads of us in the LP and Quakers have been asking for this for a long time.

Go Andy ban them.

I dont agree with the methods of asking for this, btw, and it has to be dealt with within our laws, there are other ways of making views felt and best done peacefully

but I'm clear its not coming from extremist feelings many of us have regarding Trumps appalling warmongering.

Wyllow3 Sun 27-Sept-26 14:03:01

Fallingstar

Farage proved right??
Well a broken clock is right twice a day.

grin

just so.