I've spent the last 2 years bidding against G4S...

And was actually meeting with them yesterday when this news all broke.

All contractors would have done exactly the same thing. A private company isn't going to keep nearly 10k staff under employment for months up until the point they are required.

Posted By: Brom on July 13th 2012 at 12:45:33

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3000 extra security staff.... (NCFC) - Norfolk un Way, Jul 13, 11:20:07
- oh they want you to be afraid (NCFC) - Tombs, Jul 13, 11:52:44
  - Who are we afraid of again? Can never remember if it is Eastasia or Eurasia. (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 13, 11:55:17
    - ~Amnesia. obviously. (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Jul 13, 15:23:09
    - Erasure always scared the shit out of me. (n/m) (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Jul 13, 12:27:15
    - Micronesia (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Jul 13, 12:18:28
    - Eurythmics (n/m) (NCFC) - CityForLife, Jul 13, 12:06:49
    - china (NCFC) - Tombs, Jul 13, 12:02:24
      - America scare the shit out of me as it is (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Jul 13, 12:18:59
- And.... (NCFC) - Norfolk un Way, Jul 13, 11:47:23
  - True. Always a bad sign when bad things stop happening. (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 13, 11:52:09
- I'm keeping my pitch fork at the ready in case anything kicks off in Nodge. (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Jul 13, 11:47:13
  - Best be prepared - those Ketts might kick off again (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Jul 13, 11:51:00
    - who are these Ketts? This is worrying. (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Jul 13, 11:55:53
      - .... (NCFC) - CB41, Jul 13, 11:59:18
        
        Of course I know about Robert Kett, I was being facetious. (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Jul 13, 12:03:34
        
        So who is this Facetious? Sounds a bit shitty (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Jul 13, 12:20:17
        
        Any Nodge fan that doesn't know about Kett needs their Badge revoking. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jul 13, 12:12:21
        
        its no wonder kett got caught tho, hiding up that tree... (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Jul 13, 12:28:29
        
        ha ha (NCFC) - Tombs, Jul 13, 12:12:06
- plus, 3000 army! have we got 90000 Milwall fans attending? (n/m) (NCFC) - Norfolk un Way, Jul 13, 11:37:30
- It's not actually G4S's fault.... (NCFC) - Brom, Jul 13, 11:36:08
  - cobblers (NCFC) - CWC, Jul 13, 12:43:30
    - I've spent the last 2 years bidding against G4S... (NCFC) - Brom, Jul 13, 12:45:33
      - against us too then! (NCFC) - CWC, Jul 13, 13:32:44
        
        Gotten??? Where is that word in the OED?? (n/m) (NCFC) - Wissydean, Jul 13, 14:15:42
        
        it's in the Bristol edition. (n/m) (NCFC) - CWC, Jul 13, 16:07:44
        
        It's actually the old English form, which has fallen out of use in the UK. (NCFC) - APB, Jul 13, 14:23:16
        
        You must work for GEO then? (NCFC) - Brom, Jul 13, 13:39:00
        
        No (NCFC) - CWC, Jul 13, 14:05:26
        
        Interesting... (NCFC) - Brom, Jul 13, 14:38:23
  - Bit worse than that it would seem (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, Jul 13, 11:45:02
  - Like I said, Teresa May AGAIN!!! (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Jul 13, 11:42:54
- Anyone going anywhere near London for the next 6 weeks is mad!! (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Jul 13, 11:26:42
  - does fulham away count (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Jul 13, 11:28:07
    - Does in my book but then I wouldn't be going from here anyway. I can afford to be smug (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Jul 13, 11:31:12
- And a navy warship up the Thames. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jul 13, 11:22:57
  - nothing is wrong with that security firm, the government. . (NCFC) - Norfolk un Way, Jul 13, 11:29:39
    - Nothing is wrong with them - apart from repeatedly harming and killing people in custody. (n/m) (NCFC) - Hertz van Rental, Jul 13, 12:37:25
  - Did you know? (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, Jul 13, 11:27:54
  - A Navy warship up one's Thames sounds very uncomfortable (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Jul 13, 11:27:17

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