Chapter Thirty-ThreeThe terrorists had failed on three occasions yet the surge of electronic chatter pointed to a fourth attempt. Winkfield on Friday was a perfect target but security was watertight, so what could they do? Such scares the PM had to deal with all too frequently and with the available facts before him judgements had to be made. For Friday all that could be done had been done; that was Simpson’s judgement. It was time for trust, yet he felt uneasy. However, the Major was arriving soon with Ali so he could always ‘bend his ear’ a little. Even though Ali was accompanied by the Major, he received a full security check at the entrance. This the young man didn’t seem to mind. He trusted the Major and so he trusted all of those the Major trusted. They left the car at the entrance

