Re: £16m of taxpayers' money
"We have 122000 police officers in the UK. Assuming 8 hour shifts, that's 40,000 officer days or 40 billion pounds pa. Apparently we spend 34 billion on public order and safety so the justification is already starting to look dodgy."
On an FEC basis, it looks like it's not so bad, actually. It already shows that it's the right order of magnitude. Now don't forget that most officers are employed during the day, and that 2/3 of the time spent watching Assange was overtime/nightwork/holidays.
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