“You think you will defeat us?”
then -
“Let me take you by the hand
and lead you through the streets of London
I’ll show you something
to make you change your mind”
These lyrics from well-known folk singer Ralph McTell are on a handwritten note which is to be found among the many offerings commemorating the dead at London’s [...]

This is not an analytical “perspectives” type post. Just a number of bitty threads that seem in one way or another worth noting (small pieces loosely joined). They could basically be grouped together under the following headings: photos, suicides, explosives and origins.
Maybe I should also point out the obvious: that living in Spain while [...]

About the bombings in London I have nothing useful to say, beyond expressing my sympathies for the wounded and bereaved and my admiration of Londoners’ stoic resolve. And as others, here and elsewhere, are expressing those things better than I could, I shall leave it to them to do so.
Instead I shall turn to another [...]

Now this is interesting, and quite to the point. As is this.

A quote from a Johann Hari post, via Digby:
But another fight began yesterday: to defend our civil liberties ? and especially those of the decent, democratic Muslim majority ? in an age of terror. I headed for the East London Mosque ? a few minutes? walk away from the bomb in Aldgate ? to watch [...]

A recurring theme in all the commentary of the attacks is the stoicism, composure and defiance of Londoners. And rightly so. You should feel proud of yourselves today.

Tony Blair tonight indicated that in his opinion the bombings were the work of Islamic radicals. I - and I suppose most other people - had reached a somewhat similar conclusion, but since Tony has access to police and forensic material, his opinion may be worth a bit more than mine is. This would seem [...]

Flickr.com’s hugely popular photo-sharing servers appear to have a hard time today. But if you’re patient you may get a glimpse at the the most recent shared images tagged with “London”.

It may seem relatively trivial to be reporting on this after what has happened today in London, but, as they say, life goes on.
First the Bank of England.
The Bank of England left its benchmark interest rate unchanged after a series of explosions hit London buses and underground stations. The central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee kept [...]

Vladimir Putin is a guest on UK soil today as a participant in the G8 summit, in which case he should behave like a guest, respect and follow the local customs, and refrain from trying to use this tragedy to push his own political agenda.
“But what happened today demonstrates yet again that we are doing [...]