The US president, Donald Trump, claimed to have had the suspects under view for a “long time” and alleged the men “were looking to do big damage” – although the Guardian understands the operation was not intelligence-led, suggesting investigators had not known about any potential plot in advance.

“It was fantastic. Working with Britain, it was an amazing job,” Trump said.

Obviously more bullshit. The whole thing was foiled by a woman returning home late from a party and calling the police. Nobody knew jack-shit!

So on the one hand you have the farmer saying - no action visible until I called it in, on the other hand Defence Minister Streeting saying “thanks farmer but it was under control”

I know who I believe given I think Streeting is one of the lyingest liars we’ve had in power since BoJo.

Mysterious info my arse, you got lucky and saved by a local’s vigilance. Which btw is exactly the way it should be - local support is the best safety net you can get.

Paste from article below:

Streeting said he was grateful for the vigilance of the members of the public who are thought to have helped alert the emergency services to the suspected terror plot.

He renewed his thanks in particular to the local farmer who rang the police after she reportedly saw “a large group of hooded and masked men” near RAF Fairford early on Sunday morning.

Speaking to the BBC, the farmer said she thinks “someone dropped the ball” by allowing the suspects and their vehicles to get so close to people’s homes.

Streeting told Sky News:

Thank you to that member of the public. She has done exactly what we would hope that someone in that extraordinary situation would do.

I’m really grateful to her – I think she acted, by her own admission, quickly and thoughtfully, and she did the right thing.

With respect, though, she does only have a partial picture. And that’s as far as I wish to go this morning.