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Gordon Brown 'discussed troops on streets' in crisis

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    Gordon Brown 'discussed troops on streets' in crisis

    wow!!! The UK apocalypse was almost upon us. Scary sheet, London still could become like 1930's Germany once the next housing bubble pops...

    BBC News - Gordon Brown 'discussed troops on streets' in crisis

    Gordon Brown discussed deploying troops on Britain's streets as news of the 2008 financial crisis became clear, an ex-Labour spin doctor has claimed.

    In extracts of a book published in the Daily Mail, Damian McBride said the former prime minister feared "anarchy" once the scale of the crisis was known.

    According to the book, Mr Brown said: "We'd have to think: do we have curfews, do we put the Army on the streets, how do we get order back?"
    "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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    Man whose job it was to consider what might happen in a crisis and what the options were for dealing with the worst-case scenario considered what might happen in a crisis and what the options were for dealing with the worst-case scenario.

    Hardly news, is it?

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      #3
      Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
      wow!!! The UK apocalypse was almost upon us. Scary sheet, London still could become like 1930's Germany once the next banking crisus happens...
      FTFY

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        #4
        Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
        Man whose job it was to consider what might happen in a crisis and what the options were for dealing with the worst-case scenario considered what might happen in a crisis and what the options were for dealing with the worst-case scenario.

        Hardly news, is it?
        Especially as the more you hear about it the more the you discover how close we came to having major problems.
        merely at clientco for the entertainment

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          #5
          Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
          Man whose job it was to consider what might happen in a crisis and what the options were for dealing with the worst-case scenario considered what might happen in a crisis and what the options were for dealing with the worst-case scenario.

          Hardly news, is it?
          Nah, not news, pure Labour propaganda to show how decisive and effective they supposedly were in defusing the crisis, the underlying message being "The Economy is Safe in Our Hands".
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