Poor? Disadvantaged? ... Pull the Other One [Edition 3]

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THE six-man security team guarding Tory headquarters during the Millbank riot made a 999 call - but had to wait nearly an hour for police reinforcements.

They requested help at 1.50pm when they feared hundreds of protesters - who had broken away from the 52,000-strong march - would storm the building.

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Poor? Disadvantaged? ... Pull the Other One [Edition 3]

But by the time about 30 to 40 officers arrived, it was, according to a source, 'too little, too late'. The failure to hold off the protesters at 30 Millbank, which is near the Houses of Parliament, was described by Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson as an 'embarrassment'. But the extent of the slow response to the disturbances has not b...

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