Well, after the excitement and joy in London yesterday, it was a day of terror and sadness in London today. I’m fine and everyone I know in London is fine - but there’s only so much comfort to be had in that when 37 people are dead, 700 more injured (as it stands now), and both people’s nerves and the infrastructure of the city have been somewhat rattled.

But as Jeremy noted, the Londoners are taking all of this with a very stiff upper lip. And their composure and resolution is a big "screw you" to the bastards who think that bombing public transport at rush hour is something that is acceptable for human beings to do.

And yes, even Brighton station was closed for much of the day due to a suspicious package found there. But, as the BBC news anchor reported, when the package was blown up by the police, "the device proved not to be sinister" - a turn of phrase which, despite everything, made me kind of smile.

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