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Monday, July 11, 2005

london2

continuing on from the other day.

now there is the seeming ubiquity of sirens, they have always been there but now their sound takes on a whole new meaning. you start to think are you safe, is there danger ahead? the old joke of “won’t sell many ice creams at that speed” stays unspoken. you find yourself listening out for them.

politicians praising all the blue top (as they seem to have become) workers. lets hope they remember this when they are planning their next round of cuts of such services or are being tight fisted with the pay rises.

walking passed an empty fire station near bethanl green, somehow the fact that the place was empty brought home how bad the situation was.

being on a bus (205) that went near tavistock square and you can see the cordon to prevent the crime scene being disturbed or ogled. at the same time a hushed tone came over the people on the 205.

seeing the missing fliers up and around the place – this time not asking “have you seen tiddles?” but putting faces to the missing.

people quick to blame blair and bush for this atrocity, stopping short of saying it is deserved. while seemingly choking on the fact that they have to condemn the bombers (and i am thinking of you george galloway).

tony blair and charles clarke appearing to be moderate and calm in a time of high crisis.

realising that although our worst fears have happened that there is a good chance that it will happen again.

1 comment:

Hobbit's Journal said...

your very frank and stark observations certainly made me think. Though I kid you I really do like London, it's diversity, it's culture and thats just Camden!