Tally ho and business as usual

Alan's published a compilation of various reactions to yesterday's events, some more light hearted that others. I'm glad that the response so far, at least as I've witnessed, has been characterised by great British reserve, rather than by a lust for blood and revenge.

Like many others I've expressed some concern that the Government will view the bombings as a excuse to press on with implementing increasingly draconian legislation in what's most likely prove a futile attempt to prevent such happenings occurring again. Paul O'Brien has published an except from Lord Hoffman's ruling on the Governments attempt last year to detain suspected terrorists indefinitely without trial. Reading it restored my flagging faith in the British justice system a little and it gives me hope that we'll be able to weather the current storm without ending up in a police state just yet.