A minister has made the Met Police’s naughty checklist after a field of unsent Christmas playing cards triggered a lockdown round parliament.
Commuters to Westminster arriving for one in every of their last days of labor earlier than Christmas discovered themselves unable to get throughout Parliament Sq. and across the parliamentary property as police taped it off because of a “suspicious package”.
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Westminster was shut down earlier than 7.30am.
Officers swung into motion, closing down Parliament Sq. and Millbank earlier than 7.30am, and the bomb squad was deployed to research.
A short time later, noticed heading into the breach to research this bundle, was a bomb disposal robotic.
Utilizing the robotic, the merchandise was rigorously inspected by specialist officers monitoring the feed – and it turned out to be a field of unsent Christmas playing cards.
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The bomb disposal robotic was unloaded by specialist officers in entrance of the Homes of Parliament.
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A police officer inspecting the field of playing cards that triggered a lockdown of Westminster.
Lots of the playing cards have been in a field marked “most urgent” – which is smart, as parliament rises for recess on the finish of the day.
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The field of Christmas playing cards was simply exterior the parliamentary property.
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The field of Christmas playing cards being inspected for indicators of hazard.
We reckon that parliamentary safety and the Met Police might be capturing to the highest of her Christmas card checklist.
