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Current UK threat level: Be afraid, be very afraid Aug 01

As of today, you can now discover the likelihood of being suddenly slain. The current threat level is SEVERE. The red capitalisation is mandatory. According to the Intelligence.gov.uk website guidance, this means:

Severe – an attack is highly likely

I’m disappointed that the “Intelligence Community” haven’t taken the lead from the LibDems and made us buttons so that we can all display the threat level automatically on our blogs, and thereby keep everyone up to speed of how scared prepared the Government intends us to be.

So, now you know that “an attack is highly likely”, you’re expected to take action. Sticky tape on the windows, that sort of thing.

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7 Responses

  1. 1
    Ryan Cullen 

    Actually this link might work as a button

    http://www.intelligence.gov.uk/images/threatlevelssmall.gif
    Will have to wait until the level changes to test the theory though.

  2. 2
    Ryan Cullen 

    And if the link does work, you could turn it into a WordPress widget.

  3. 3
    Alex Foster 

    There’s always the Terror Banana at http://www.victorisdead.com/luna/terror/

  4. 4
    Paul Rhodes 

    I think it’s deeply worrying that, even after simplifying the levels from seven to five, they’re still so confusing that “Severe” and “Substantial” can be so easily mixed up.

    SEVERE isn’t just “a strong possibility”. It means an attack is “highly likely”, which is obviously more… severe.

    So, that’s extra strength sticky tape for the windows.

  5. 5
    Will 

    Thank you, Mr Paul. Dutifully corrected.

  6. 6
    Mili 

    http://www.terror-alert.co.uk/ 🙁

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    Thinking Aloud: The Pulpmovies Weblog » We’re all doomed! (via Pingback)

    […] Will at No Geek is an Island notes that the current threat from international terrorism is Severe [pause for dramatic music] and expresses disappointment that the Intelligence Community hasn’t made some handy buttons so we can all keep up to speed on how scared we should be. […]

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