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Terrorists will get through UK defences warns former MI6 head

Sir John Sawers, who was head of MI6 until 2014, has said that the UK should be braced for a terrorist attack in the wake of the Paris massacre.

鈥淣o government can sustain a 100% record against terrorists who are constantly trying to get through our defences,鈥 he told the Today programme. 鈥淣o goalkeeper has a 100% record.鈥

Fighting the terrorist threat was a 鈥渢eam effort鈥 with other countries, he told presenter Sarah Montague, and the Paris attacks should serve as a 鈥渨ake up call鈥 to the security services in Belgium.

鈥淏elgium is not noted for having particularly large or powerful internal security services,鈥 he said.

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