The Security Men at New Scotland Yard are Sporting Some Interesting Apparel

I was invited in on my own to meet with a Commander in New Scotland Yard, HQ of the Metropolitan Police, today. I was extremely taken with some items that the security gentlemen were wearing.

Along with the black and white uniforms of the Met Police, that is; white shirts, black trousers, as I went through the metal detector and my bag went through the X-ray machine, I noticed that the strong, burly security guys were wearing....... skintight purple gloves.