Dear All
It seems that Scotland’s ‘jolly fat man’
Alex Salmond has concerns about his personal safety.
To that end John Buchanan, a sergeant at
Police Scotland has been seconded to the Scottish Government.
Does Buchanan have knowledge of dieting?
In trying to build up Salmond as a
‘statesman’, it seems the SNP Government want all the trappings, a bit like
having Turkey at Xmas, you need all the trimmings thrown in.
Is Scotland’s ‘jolly fat man’ in danger?
Only of self inflicted helpings of multiple
puddings, curries and pies.
On White paper day I visited Holyrood, I
thought to myself, this wasn’t a safe area, a professional would see the high
ground as a marvelous place for a sniper team to pick someone off.
Given the distance, the Barrett sniper
rifle is an ideal weapon platform if someone wanted to pick off a politician.
50 calibre rounds do an amazing job as we have
all seen on youtube.
Sgt Buchanan is also an officer with
experience of firearms incidents, what about pie throwing?
What about egg throwing?
So, as part of finding something to do, he
has reviewed security arrangements in Bute House and the First Minister's home
in Aberdeenshire.
I guess contractors will be in soon to
start work on building the ‘bunkers’ if this hasn’t happened already.
Buchanan has touched on security protocol
when Salmond is on walkabout, and probably came up with the conclusion that isn’t
safe either since there aren’t multiple layers of security, such as at secure
locations such as the Scottish Parliament.
Sgt Buchanan is now based in the First
Minister's private office as a "security liaison officer".
Poor bastard must be bored out of his mind.
It’s a non job, but since he has to earn a
crust, he scopes out potential threats and plans for events attended by Salmond.
This includes deciding on the best entrance
for the First Minister to use to avoid being booed by the public.
Maybe he also checks the toilets and tests
the food as well!
What is extremely amusing is that Buchanan was
part of the Government entourage that visited China in November.
The Chinese are particularly good at close
protection and event management, Buchanan would have had absolutely nothing to
do.
I wonder if he saw the Great Wall of China!
And without an equipped security team would
be just another bystander, equipped means carrying weapons, that’s Glocks to
the ignorant.
A Police Scotland spokesman said the role
did not amount to a bodyguard.
I take that to mean after discussions with Buchanan,
he declared he wasn’t prepared to take a bullet for the First Minister but
would be willing to be an expert witness if required.
Labour chief whip Macdonald said:
"Alex Salmond's approval ratings may
be going down, but his opinion of his own importance only ever goes up."
A Police spokesman said:
"Following a review of security
surrounding the First Minister for Scotland, a security liaison officer from
Police Scotland has been seconded to the office of the First Minister. The role
of this officer is to provide advice and guidance on physical and protective security
measures, including visits and events, in relation to the First Minister."
A Scottish Government spokesman said:
"We do not comment on security
issues."
Probably because they don’t know what they
are talking about much like Alex Salmond and unpopular Nicola Sturgeon on
European Union membership.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights
at Glasgow University
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