In reply to Jim Lancs:
I’m with you on this, how many police are needed to close the roads etc? I’d say less than 50. The queens body is still in Scotland, we will need a few extra police at Buckingham Palace, Balmoral etc to manage the crowds but not 1000’s of them.
When the funeral is on and there are dozens of heads of state I’d imagine it’s all hands on deck and every spare police man in the country will be stationed at Airports, city centres, tourist spots and the like - at that point it’s fair enough but I really don’t see why it’s necessary now.
The cricket can go ahead at the Oval today, surely they need a few officers there also.