your quite right of course Eddie C, we certainly have our share of loonatics in Manchester, I`m winding up Scouse Eddie, anyway your not a scouser your from the posh part mate.
Eddie C, if we went along with "If a terrorist incident occurred in Liverpool docks the authorities would be slated for allowing public access!" OI understand what you are saying of course but, going off that we may as well restrict every area of dockland and industrial coastline around Britain, but its not realistic of course. I think at the end of the day its all about common sense and balance, most of my experiences along these lines would appear to be over reactionary or over zelous board (so named) security staff and to be quite honest, if we did have serious terrorist problems i would seriously worry about my safety and the safety of my family being left in the hands of the people I have dealt with.
what really pi55es me off is petty officialdom. ie we need to get tough on the right people, there is a world of a difference between anglers,photographers and bird watchers and muggers theives and terrorists, we get tough on the right people, not everyone, if we get tough on everyone and take away their civil liberties then we may as well live in a police state and what the hell is at Seaforth Docks anyway? are the Americans going to build a military base there or something?
By restricting these places you only draw attention to them,