Force says daily climate marches have taken up ‘13,770 officer shifts’ as MPs prepare to debate new powers
  • BobApril@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    That’s still got to be orders of magnitude less than the externalized costs of the oil companies in the same time period - even just counting the costs to the UK gov’t and population.

    • venuswasaflytrap@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      Definitely - but that’s 15% of the Mets budget. Screwed up as it is, it’s also underfunded, and the result is that Londoners who are most affected by crime - predominantly low-income - will pay for this