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[Doctor Gollum]

Transpires that my SIL was on Westminster Bridge with some colleagues following a head office meeting when it kicked off yesterday which kind of puts a perspective on it... fortunately they were towards the middle of the bridge.

Coincidentally Dad was working at Westminster Abbey Choir School when 7/7 kicked off...

Always expecting something to kick off at work as it's an industry that lends itself as a target, but I can't help but wonder at the thought processes inside the loons heads

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

My daughter might have been in the area if it weren't for the fact she lost her job the day before. She normally walks across the bridge several times a week.
On 7/7 she was stuck on a train between Stratford / Liverpool street, which was concerning to say the least. I well remember us telling her to avoid trains, and if she could get off the one she was on she should catch a bus.
Shortly afterwards, a panicky phone call to say "ignore that, don't get on a bus whatever you do".
I thought I could stop worrying about terrorism when I left Belfast all those years ago. How wrong I was.

[Doctor Gollum]

Small mercy

At work it's all or nothing... Fairly frequent unattended bits and bobs, the odd dumped car or a suspicious person, or "Everyone inside, the IRA have just mortared the runway", very little middle ground.

Surprisingly though, some people still think it's a good idea to hide geochemical tags in lunchboxes and cabletie them to posts and railings... I mean, really

[Terbs]

I knew I had seen it......

'NICOLA Sturgeon made a swift exit from Holyrood as police swarmed the chamber amid news of the London terror attack, with Scottish parliament later postponing the vote on a second independence referendum.'

What would they want with a glorified Councillor !!!!!!!

[zirk]

have a look at the Video link below of the car going across the bridge, its been calculated speed of around 70mph, on the pavement 

TBH, at that speed and with a busy walk way, its a wonder a lot more people were not killed. 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4340016/Footage-Westminster-Bridge-carnage.html#v-7859365142049699870

[Kevin Wood]

If ever there was an argument for not walking around with headphones on, gawking at your phone and oblivious to the world around you... 

[Mister Rog]

If ever there was an argument for not walking around with headphones on, gawking at your phone and oblivious to the world around you... 

Absolutely !

I'm actually a bit surprised that the death toll is not higher. I know this bridge and it's usually crowded with foreign toursists taking selfies of themselves with Big Ben behind them.

[zirk]

If ever there was an argument for not walking around with headphones on, gawking at your phone and oblivious to the world around you... 

Absolutely !

I'm actually a bit surprised that the death toll is not higher. I know this bridge and it's usually crowded with foreign toursists taking selfies of themselves with Big Ben behind them.

Agreed, and dare I say it, compared to the previous attacks recently in Europe, I think we got away with this one quiet lightly by comparison.

[tigers_gonads]

Andrew Neil

Don't normally like this bloke but get you lugs around this ..........

https://twitter.com/bbcthisweek/status/845064558548963328 

[Entwood]

Andrew Neil

Don't normally like this bloke but get you lugs around this ..........

https://twitter.com/bbcthisweek/status/845064558548963328 

I love his quote ... " a jumped up jihadi not fit to breathe the same air ....  "  not normally a fan of his .. but in this case .. "Well said Sir"   

[tunnie]

Andrew Neil

Don't normally like this bloke but get you lugs around this ..........

https://twitter.com/bbcthisweek/status/845064558548963328 

Yes saw this doing the rounds on facebook, spot on perfect summary.

[STEMO]

Good man, we need more of this kind of language to be made public, without fear of upsetting the minority of people who are serially offended.

[tigers_gonads]

Andrew Neil

Don't normally like this bloke but get you lugs around this ..........

https://twitter.com/bbcthisweek/status/845064558548963328 

Yes saw this doing the rounds on facebook, spot on perfect summary.

 

Same here 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I saw him give this speech at the opening of This Week last night, and let out a cheer, even though I was by myself.
I am a "fan" of his, because he wont fawn over any politician whoever they are. He treats all of them with equal contempt, and wont shy away from asking the difficult questions, or get befuddled by their waffling. His most frequent saying is "that may be true, but it isn't an answer to the question I asked you".
The best political tv journo in the country imo.

[STEMO]

I saw him give this speech at the opening of This Week last night, and let out a cheer, even though I was by myself.
I am a "fan" of his, because he wont fawn over any politician whoever they are. He treats all of them with equal contempt, and wont shy away from asking the difficult questions, or get befuddled by their waffling. His most frequent saying is "that may be true, but it isn't an answer to the question I asked you".
The best political tv journo in the country imo.

That's because he knows the game inside out, and his interviewees know that. I've seen many of the stammering and tongue-tied over the years. I'm guessing the researchers he uses are pretty well connected too.