just arrived in london last night, staying with a mate, he woke me up with a text after leaving for work asking me to find out why the tube wasnt working...
suddenly there are 6 bombs all over the underground and bus system of london. my mate ended up having to walk to work took him about 2hours in the crowds, its all a bit mad.
but its also a bit scary i grew up in belfast during a lot of terrorism but this is different, they didnt try to kill people but to stop the traffic, the FTSE dropped and the pound lost a cent against the dollar, that probably cost the country more than cleaning up after a huge bomb blast. also from a pr point of view in the middle east people who hate what the us and uk are doing in their part of the world are going to be a lot slower to condem something that cost money instead of lives.
but also the government response was a bit mad, they were called it power surges for the first few hours, properly trying to cover it up, and looping the same 3 minute clip all morning.
i am staying out at finsbury park which is about 20mins from the centre normaly but the streets are a bit subdued, everyone looking at each other a bit different...
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