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> 3. The British government has the power to issue DA-notice to media outlets. Surely they can suppress all blogs and all of twitter and facebook at the same t

> 3. The British government has the power to issue DA-notice to media outlets. Surely they can suppress all blogs and all of twitter and facebook at the same time. Oh, hold - why didn't they suppress the tweet we're discussing. > 4. "Storming" the Ecuadorian embassy would not take a lot of manpower. This isn't a raid of a Mexican cartel. There is no resistance to expect, the adversarial repercussions would be diplomatic. It require a little more than a bobby walking up to the door and asking politely. It's fairly likely that this would get noticed by someone passing by - mind you: That's not somewhere in the woods, it's central London. > "For all we know" - means that this is an hypothesis. We are speculating. No. You are speculating. The null hypothesis is that nothing of that sort happened. Apart from handwaving speculation you haven't offered anything that would even resemble proof or supporting evidence.

cmdkeen 10y ago
Firstly D-notices are only advisory, while the media tend to comply with them they are in no way legally enforceable. Secondly central London has rather good wifi and 4G coverage. Presumably the "appropriate contingency plans" are to switch his phone's personal hotspot on and carry on as normal. Though there might be a nasty phone bill coming down the line.
- makomk 10y ago
  I'd be surprised if the police or military couldn't dig out a jammer from somewhere if they wanted to - or just turn off the local cell towers for a while. Wouldn't be the first time.
  - Xylakant 10y ago
    And there'd be no report on the Internet that cell coverage around the Ecuadorian embassy mysteriously failed? They'd have to compel every person in the area to keep quiet or to not leave the area.
    - rurban 10y ago
      They did fail very near to the embassy. British media didn't report anything today, so the D-Notice threat is very likely. Strange security vans with a strange white side wall to be opened sidewards appeared today near the embassy.
AvenueIngres 10y ago
Ok whatever.
roywiggins 10y ago
They didn't even suppress the BBC from reporting breathlessly on the tweet!

cmdkeen 10y ago

Firstly D-notices are only advisory, while the media tend to comply with them they are in no way legally enforceable. Secondly central London has rather good wifi and 4G coverage. Presumably the "appropriate contingency plans" are to switch his phone's personal hotspot on and carry on as normal. Though there might be a nasty phone bill coming down the line.

makomk 10y ago
I'd be surprised if the police or military couldn't dig out a jammer from somewhere if they wanted to - or just turn off the local cell towers for a while. Wouldn't be the first time.
- Xylakant 10y ago
  And there'd be no report on the Internet that cell coverage around the Ecuadorian embassy mysteriously failed? They'd have to compel every person in the area to keep quiet or to not leave the area.
  - rurban 10y ago
    They did fail very near to the embassy. British media didn't report anything today, so the D-Notice threat is very likely. Strange security vans with a strange white side wall to be opened sidewards appeared today near the embassy.

AvenueIngres 10y ago

Ok whatever.

roywiggins 10y ago

They didn't even suppress the BBC from reporting breathlessly on the tweet!