DAVID OMAND

States of Emergency ... can empower authorities to take sensible immediate steps to protect the public. But they do not represent a long-term answer. If measures such as the widespread deployment of soldiers on the streets persists for too long, authorities risk creating a new normal—–one that the public will think the terrorists imposed on them.

The counterterrorism strategy known as CONTEST aimed to reduce the risk to the UK and its interests overseas from terrorism, so that people can go about their lives freely and with confidence.

The security [of European national is dependent on the effective intelligence of their neighbors.

States of Emergency ... can empower authorities to take sensible immediate steps to protect the public. But they do not represent a long-term answer. If measures such as the widespread deployment of soldiers on the streets persists for too long, authorities risk creating a new normal—–one that the public will think the terrorists imposed on them.

The security [of European national is dependent on the effective intelligence of their neighbors.

The counterterrorism strategy known as CONTEST aimed to reduce the risk to the UK and its interests overseas from terrorism, so that people can go about their lives freely and with confidence.