Leave Great Britain With No Security Protection?

Things go from bad to worse! Following Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn's weakness in defending this country of ours from both nuclear threats and terrorist gunmen on our streets, (please see my blog http://steveodare.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/corbyn-and-nuclear-weapons.html), we now have one of his biggest supports, Labour MP and Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, backing a left-wing group Socialist Campaign for a Labour Victory who are calling for the disbanding of MI5 and the disarming of our Police Force.

MI5 is our domestic counter-intelligence and security agency which looks at the threats within our nation. It is very successful in doing that and has been instrumental in stopping many terrorist acts within our borders that would have resulted in deaths and mayhem. With Paris very much in mind should anybody be calling for MI5 to be disbanded? Should our Shadow Chancellor be supporting such a group?

Our armed police is made up of specialist firearms officers. They are intrinsic in providing security at obvious targets such as airports and are also our defence against anyone armed with a firearm be they terrorist or more ordinary criminals. Should we really be disarming them?
Both of the above are very important elements of our Security Services.

Now there has been denial from Mr McDonnell via his office that he backs these measures but that what he did sign up to "was the general statement of principles and not the list of the specific demands". He was, however, happy to pose with the "list of specific demands" which, it should be expected, he had read before he smiled for the camera! If not what is he doing at the top of the Labour Party and as a member of the Shadow Cabinet? In any case it shows just how far to the left he actually swings!

The pronouncements of both Corbyn and McDonnell show that there is a really dangerous group at the heart of and at the top of the modern Labour Party which, if we are not careful, would leave this country denuded of its ability to protect itself from the ever increasing threat of terrorism. It now beggars belief that the Labour Party membership actually voted for this cabal to lead their party! It can only be hoped that those Labour MPs of a more moderate and sensible outlook will fight against these weak and dangerous views and help to provide the security that this country really needs.