London had a "ring of steel" for years, with every car being investigated and many cars searched every day, due to the IRA bombing campaign, and I had my car stopped and occasionally searched when driving near Canary Wharf several times in the mid-2000's.
All vehicles entering and leaving London (or parked on the streets) have their number plates scanned and recorded.
You learn to live with Big Brother when it seems to be a useful way of reducing the chance of dying in a terrorist bombing ...
US Olympics had big security operations, military, surface to air missiles etc.
Oh, and Cardiff is the home of the Millenium Stadium, where I believe some of the Olympic football (soccer) matches will be played ... so not far enough away to avoid the "London" Olympics :-)
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London had a "ring of steel" for years, with every car being investigated and many cars searched every day, due to the IRA bombing campaign, and I had my car stopped and occasionally searched when driving near Canary Wharf several times in the mid-2000's.
All vehicles entering and leaving London (or parked on the streets) have their number plates scanned and recorded.
You learn to live with Big Brother when it seems to be a useful way of reducing the chance of dying in a terrorist bombing ...
US Olympics had big security operations, military, surface to air missiles etc.
Oh, and Cardiff is the home of the Millenium Stadium, where I believe some of the Olympic football (soccer) matches will be played ... so not far enough away to avoid the "London" Olympics :-)