Britain has avoided mass terror attacks since the London bombings in 2005, largely because of the way information is now shared between the intelligence agencies and the police, according to BBC correspondent Peter Taylor. Since 2005, six terrorist plots have been disrupted as the agencies and police improved cooperation and now work from a single list of targets. The UK's geographic separation from the rest of Europe and it not being part of the Schengen border-free zone have also contributed to its avoidance of terrorist incidents, he said. By contrast, France has 40 intelligence agencies and they're "decidedly not joined up," he said.
Britain has avoided mass terror attacks since the London bombings in 2005, largely because of the way information is now shared between the intelligence agencies and the police, according to BBC correspondent Peter Taylor. Since 2005, 40 terrorist plots have been disrupted as the agencies and police improved cooperation and now work from a single list of targets. The UK's geographic separation from the rest of Europe and it not being part of the Schengen border-free zone have also contributed to its avoidance of terrorist incidents, he said. By contrast, France has six intelligence agencies and they're "decidedly not joined up," he said.