Pervez Musharraf (pictured above), the former President of Pakistan who is living in London, is reportedly being protected by Scotland Yard at a cost to the British taxpayer of approximately £25,000 A DAY. The Metropolitan Police Specialist Protection Unit, known as SO1, has assigned a round-the-clock team of at least 10 men and women to protect Mr Musharraf, who lives in a 3-bedroom flat in West London. Musharraf has been using the flat as his base for about 4 months and is said to enjoy dining at the Dorchester Hotel and playing golf. Nice lifestyle if you can get it. Although he pays for a small team of retired Pakistani commandos to protect him, the decision to provide further security was taken at a meeting of the Royal and VIP Executive Committee held at the Home Office. What civil service idiots thought that up ? This bloke has probably got access to plenty financial resources and already organises his own security, so why are we being forced to pay for more ? Better still, tell him to piss off back to Pakistan and face the consequences of his own actions.

Britain’s continuing struggle against Islamic terrorism

Really encouraging news about Britain’s continuing struggle against Islamic terrorism. It was admitted yesterday that visa checks on immigrants from Pakistan have been exposed as a sham after it was revealed that just 29 out of 66,000 applicants were interviewed by officials since last October. The Home Office set up a new system last year to prevent terrorists, extremists, illegals and criminals from entering the UK, by scrutinising their paper work (above) in the Middle East before they travel to Britain. But new figures show that just one in a thousand of those granted visas were quizzed face to face since the supposedly rigorous new system began operating 11 months ago. Home Secretary Alan Johnson also admitted that not one single applicant faced a telephone interview either in the first 9 months of the scheme. Prime Minister Gordon Brown and MI5 boss Jonathan Evans have both stated publicly that Pakistani militants are the biggest terrorist threat to Britain and Pakistan is classified as a “high risk” country for visas by the Home Office. So reassuring to see that the authorities are on top of this, with Gordon as efficient as ever.