Imagine you are on the London Underground. You sit down and then a person with a strong, noticeable (and unpleasant) body odour sits next to you. You could move to the next available seat but that would only put you one seat away from that smell. The train stops, no one gets off and another person sits next to you in the previously available seat. Horror of horrors! This person also has a very unpleasant smell emanating from them, only this time it has all the indications that the person has had an anal accident of significant proportions! A truly unfortunate and very undesirable example of “proximity”.
On another journey on the Underground you have chosen a seat which has a vacant seat either side of you. The train stops . No one leaves and two people enter the carriage and sit on either side of you. One has a very definite perfume which you enjoy experiencing. The other is dressed in expensive and stylish clothing, smells clean and has a cherubic outward appearance. Neither engages in discussion and both leave two stops later. A much more fortunate and desirable example of “proximity”.
The point is simple, without further clarification “proximity” of itself (as per Paul Mason, Andrew Marr and today David Lammy and John Healey) in relation to UK/EU Defence and Security is close to being meaningless.
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