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Police evacuating Birmingham Centre

UPDATE: West Midlands Police statement:



At 7.45 this evening West Midlands police issued a public warning to people visiting Birmingham City centre after they received intelligence to suggest a threat to the city centre.

At that stage bars, clubs and restaurants were not closed and premises were asked to carry our searches. At about 8.40 pm, in the light of further information, that message changed asking people to leave the inner ring road and the area around Broad Street was evacuated.

The bomb disposal squad has carried out 4 controlled explosions on a bus in Corporation Street, near the Square Pegg public house. This turned out to be a false call. The bomb disposal squad are however, still investigating another suspicious package in the Broad Street area.
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This sort of thing used to happen all the time back when the Irish were the bug-eyed monsters and They took away the litter-bins (a lesson learnt from the Canadians, who have their own version of the Irish in Quebec). As regular travellers you hoped the rube's embarrassing underwear got blown to kingdom-come, so he could spread the word to the rest of the world. Do Not Leave Luggage Unattended. There's going to be a lot more "Excuse me, you seem to have left your bag ..." and a lot less British reserve.
 
Mycroft said:
Pay it no mind. It's just something he needs to work out.
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It's a very minor issue for me, but it really is a crap flag. It screams "Committee", which is never a good thing. "Busy" is how it would be described over here if wallpaper were the issue.

The Stars and Bars is crap as well, another committee effort. As are most national flags.
 
CapelDodger said:
This sort of thing used to happen all the time back when the Irish were the bug-eyed monsters
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Well, not quite. The police have never evacuated an entire city centre before.

No fun to be a brummie tonight :(
 
CapelDodger said:
It's a very minor issue for me, but it really is a crap flag.
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And you thought that a thread wishing safety to the people of Birmingham was the right place to be a design critic? Um, OK.

For the record, it was the result of evolution, not committee. About the Union Jack.
 
tkingdoll said:
Well, not quite. The police have never evacuated an entire city centre before.

No fun to be a brummie tonight :(
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What about manchester when the IRA bombed it?
 
CapelDodger:
"Is that a crap flag or what?"

Yeah, it is...but it sure does burn well;)
 
manny said:
And you thought that a thread wishing safety to the people of Birmingham was the right place to be a design critic? Um, OK.
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I don't think it an appropriate place for flag-waving and that's how I respond.

For the record, it was the result of evolution, not committee. About the Union Jack.
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On this occassion I'd have to say the evidence favours an intelligent designer, albeit an aesthetically-challenged one. Like almost everything surrounding James I's accession, it emerged from the Privy Council.
 
Jon_in_london said:
Go and eat a lump of coal you miserable welsh git!
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I'm not Welsh, but I do like the flag. Crisp lines of green and white with a screw-you dragon in the middle. The Three Lions standard is also classy.
 
CapelDodger said:
I don't think it an appropriate place for flag-waving and that's how I respond.

On this occassion I'd have to say the evidence favours an intelligent designer, albeit an aesthetically-challenged one. Like almost everything surrounding James I's accession, it emerged from the Privy Council. [/B]
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I thought our current flag dated from c.1800 (i.e. once Ireland was included). Not old Jimbo I - in any case it surely wouldn't have been Jimbo as he was J1 of England and J6 of Haggistan (ie they were seperate countries until approx 100 yrs later and the 1707 act of union).
 
CapelDodger said:
I'm not Welsh, but I do like the flag. Crisp lines of green and white with a screw-you dragon in the middle. The Three Lions standard is also classy.
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Meh. I always think flags with animals on them look a bit like they've had a last-minute addition, to be honest. Plus it means you get some execrable renditions when kids try to copy them - at least you can't go too far wrong with a rendition like the Union Jack - just a bunch of straight lines.

If we were going to change I want something with an exciting shape. Everybody has rectangular flags. I think we should follow Nepal's lead and go for something different:
 
The smilie list doesn't have the only flag that counts, but I still want to know....

What were two jet airliners doing in the sky over Athelstaneford in 832AD?

Rolfe.
 
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