G4S dismissed 'teething problems' (From Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard)

• "Biggest Security ****-up ever known by a private security company. Whoever the minister was that was supervising this contract needs to either admit that they failed in their specific duties, or that they were so lax about the security that they could not be bothered. Had it not been for the Home Affairs Select Committee, I suspect that these buffoons, both security and ministers, would have proceeded with things as they were.and not admitted any mistakes.
  
  G4S need to return the money that they were contracted or and that money should be used to cover the extra costs of policing by real police and the efforts of the army.
  
  Never in my life have I seen such contempt for the British people than from this poxy government and this so called 'giant' in the security world.
  
  After this is all over, and we see things in the clear light of day, heads should roll, not only at G4S, but also at government level for incompetence and mismanagement.
  
  From what I have seen over the last few weeks, we will be very lucky if we don't get some form of terrorist attacks. We are relying, now, on an army that is worn out, demoralised by redundancies and cutbacks and given equipment that in the real world would be seen as unfit for purpose under the Trades Discriptions Act.
  
  Heads must roll, and we must learn by mistakes. When you pay peanuts to monkeys, that is what you get - MONKEYS. The army should have been given this task at the start of this. International security for things like this is not best served by letting private companies, no matter which minister has shares in that company, being given a contract such as this. They may be trained in security at a number of events, but such an international spectacle must be secured using fully professional people, not just left college/university plebs who spend 6 weeks quick training. BAD POLICY=BAD GOVERNANCE."
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