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by dane-pgp 1373 days ago
> just asking for a "perma-emergency" to justify such an exception for a long time

For context, I thought I'd look up the current UK "National Threat Level", and it is apparently "Substantial", which is the middle value on a 5 point scale, and the lowest it has ever been since the system was introduced in 2006.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Threat_Levels