Quote:Very Interesting Info idb. Although don't forget that following the Sharm El Sheikh bombings at least the Foreign Office was giving out a London 020 number as the emergency line. So they can't actually be as incompetent, inefficient or out of touch as the Home Office in that respect!
What do you do for a job by the way that lets you contribute here so regularly like me? Are you a freelance journalist or what exactly? I am unemployed from one job and only part time employed at home by the other, which has always only been part time. Well it could be full time if I wanted it to time wise but the pay isn't adequate to justify that.
In fairness to the FCO, it has used this London number in the past for major incidents that happened overseas. However the London explosions resulted in the FCO advertising the +44 870 number on many (possibly all) of its embassy web sites. I don't recall it changing the number on the web site for the DC embassy even after the geographic alternative became available.
As to my line of work, I'm an IT Analyst but currently seeking full-time work! If anyone knows of any openings in south Florida, please let me know!
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