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Sheffield wants apology over leaked FBI conference call
FORMER HOME SECRETARY and current MP for Sheffield, David Blunkett is asking for an apology over the rather dismissive way in which his city was mentioned in the recently leaked FBI conference call.
His comments came in a wider complaint about apparent lax security that let the call get out in the first place. He said that he required an "urgent explanation" as to the hows and the whys.
Sheffield did not come across very well in the phone call. It was confused with Birmingham and seen as being a place of little interest. According to the Sheffield Telegraph, Blunkett wants an official 'sorry' from the Metropolitan Police.
During the call one officer from the UK said that the city is a "khazi", a colloquial word for a toilet, and "not exactly a jewel in England's crown".
"I separately believe that those involved should offer an apology to the British people for putting such sensitive discussion at risk, but also to the people of Sheffield for the gratuitous and completely unwarranted slur on Britain's fourth largest city," he said.
"Those making such remarks against Sheffield have no idea that the city is in fact a jewel... Clearly, as well as not knowing what they are doing in terms of security, those holding conversations do not know anything about the north of England either!" µ
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"khazi, a colloquial word for a toilet"
Preferably an educated one.
Sheffield today is a key site in the United Kingdom's no steel industry, and I assume that it shows.
This is quite a silly story, except for the penetration and/or corruption of serious-crime investigation, presumably by serious criminals.
It is indeed interesting that nobody made any remark about the met office just sharing all data about british (and probably EU) citizens with the FBI with no questions asked, and even when that citizen is underage we can gather from the conversation.
(also, they clearly said Sheffield has a shopping centre and a mcdonalds thereby having in effect already apologized, in a sense.)
Yes, that is the right attitude... Don't comment on the substance, just go on bashing the form.
Don't bother to comment on the farce of the conversational content. That would be embarrassing now, would it? The best way to deal with this mess is to direct attention to the form and insults on non-topical subjects. There is no need to address the legality nor the content as such.
Well Done!
(steps down from soapbox)