Speaker 1: Well, everyone welcome, it's Andy again and I want to
Speaker 1: find a story today. It's basically ridiculous in the in
Speaker 1: this state of affairs at the moment, especially in London. Well,
Speaker 1: we did a a story just recently and that was
Speaker 1: about the airplanes being grounded. That's why fair enough, you
Speaker 1: know nothing to do with this story, of course. But
Speaker 1: now the Met Office, so the Met Police, even their
Speaker 1: flying Squad, is to have their guns taken away. So
Speaker 1: for all these problems on the streets of London the
Speaker 1: Met Police, whether they do, whether they don't, yeah, but
Speaker 1: they want to have the guns taken away to save money,
Speaker 1: which is ridiculous. I think the Metropolitan Police's Flying Squad
Speaker 1: will have their firearms taken away as part of a
Speaker 1: cost cut and measure. It has been reported offices in
Speaker 1: the squad fought against the decision and are said to
Speaker 1: be devastated by the move. It comes as a Met
Speaker 1: please face a two hundred and sixty million pound gap
Speaker 1: in its funding and cuts needed to close it. However,
Speaker 1: Barry Phillips of the Flying Squad Association criticized that the
Speaker 1: move to take guns away from the officers. He told
Speaker 1: us and armed robbers will be laughing there sucks off.
Speaker 1: Formed in nineteen eighteen, the Flying Squad as a reputation
Speaker 1: for catching criminals in London, including kidnappers and robbers. Very quickly,
Speaker 1: I'll share offices in the Squad tracked down suddenly stole
Speaker 1: the banks he printed worth two hundred and seventy thousand pounds.
Speaker 1: The man was found within hours of the bobby at
Speaker 1: the art gallery where it was taken from, and mister
Speaker 1: Phillips said, crime tends to change and we need to
Speaker 1: change with it, but we can't if we've not got
Speaker 1: the guns. Petition. Decision to take away guns is the
Speaker 1: end of the Squad as we know it. The met
Speaker 1: was contented for coming but not made a