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It's good to be foreign secretary

By adamg on Thu, 10/09/2014 - 12:23pm
British foreign secretary gets motorcade through Boston

You get to do lots of travel and you never have to worry about getting caught in traffic. The Right Honourable Philip Hammond, Her Majesty's foreign secretary, popped into town today to take a look at the windmill blade testing facility in Charlestown, as one does.

As Ian shows us, he got an escort by staties and BPD to speed him to and from Charlestown.

Neighborhoods: 
Charlestown
Topics: 
Driving
Politics
Free tagging: 
John Kerry


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Comments

By JohnAKeith on Thu, 10/09/2014 - 12:50pm.

Our guy doesn't even get this treatment.

By anon on Thu, 10/09/2014 - 12:52pm.

Over time! We don't sleep. Cash too deep. Overtime!

Celebs are coming! Celebs are coming! You must have an escort, we will whine!

Over time!

By Will LaTulippe on Thu, 10/09/2014 - 6:09pm.

It takes two to tango. Why do both sides keep agreeing to overtime?

By Pete Nice on Thu, 10/09/2014 - 7:51pm.

You can't disagree with it.

By SwirlyGrrl on Thu, 10/09/2014 - 10:11pm.

If people work overtime, they should be paid for it.

Whether or not there is a need for all these escorts is another question entirely.

By John Costello on Thu, 10/09/2014 - 12:56pm.

"Rookie!" - Joe Biden.

By anon on Thu, 10/09/2014 - 3:25pm.

saw at least 6

By FlyingToaster on Thu, 10/09/2014 - 1:04pm.

... security through obscurity?

By aldos on Thu, 10/09/2014 - 1:57pm.

"Security through obscurity is discouraged and not recommended by standards bodies."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_through_obscurity

By anon on Thu, 10/09/2014 - 2:55pm.

The State Department recently tried that and got an ambassador killed.

By Grant Young on Thu, 10/09/2014 - 1:36pm.

Well, of course, we had that little unpleasantness a few years back when the Brits came over to the C'town without an escort. Don't want them to get any ideas...

By roadman on Fri, 10/10/2014 - 12:16pm.

were

One if by land
Two if by sea
And if they take the New Haven ...
Don't bother

By EastieGirl on Thu, 10/09/2014 - 2:00pm.

why I was stopped after dropping kiddo off at school; one of the security dudes had his head out the window, like a dog enjoying a car ride

By lbb on Thu, 10/09/2014 - 2:22pm.

Whine, whine, whine, whine, whine.

By BostonUrbEx on Thu, 10/09/2014 - 4:55pm.

Excuse me as I come through with my 20-vehicle motorcade.

By Bob Leponge on Thu, 10/09/2014 - 5:12pm.

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By Markk02474 on Fri, 10/10/2014 - 12:46pm.

...for the escort vehicles? Seems more fitting. What was that lead vehicle? An Aston Martin, perhaps? Doesn't look like a Rolls or Bentley.