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    In the grip of a risk-averse, buck-passing paralysis, our emergency services have lost their sense of purpose, writes former prison governor Professor IAN ACHESON



    IAN ACHESON: Britain has witnessed many terrorist atrocities in recent years, but the bombing of the Manchester Arena in 2017 stands out. On that terrible night, the innocent joy of young concert-goers attending a performance by pop star Ariana Grande suddenly gave way to butchery and horror as Salman Abedi, a Libyan-born Islamist, detonated a massive explosive device laden with shrapnel in his rucksack. Altogether, 22 innocent people were killed and more than 1,000 injured.



    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11388313/Professor-IAN-ACHESON-emergency-services-lost-sense-purpose.html
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    RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: What happened in the Manchester Arena bombing was the culmination of two decades of slavish adherence to suffocating elf'n'safety box-ticking and institutional cowardice



    RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: After the savage Manchester Arena bombing in 2017, families and friends of the victims were encouraged to join hands and sing Don't Look Back In Anger, by local heroes Oasis. Following yesterday's scathing report into the multiple failings of the emergency services, what a sick joke that sentiment now seems. In the immediate aftermath of Islamist nutjob Salman Abedi detonating his deadly device, the dying and seriously injured were simply abandoned to their fate. Two of the 22 people who lost their lives may have been saved had help arrived in time. Police, fire and ambulance commanders either froze, panicked or fell back on bureaucratic risk-assessment procedures.


    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-11392043/RICHARD-LITTLEJOHN-Manchester-Arena-bombing-result-adherence-suffocating-box-ticking.html
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