This morning, London was hit by terrorists. I'm still in a state of shock; one of the bombs went off on a bus just around the corner from where my wife Angela was at that very time, and she got the bus in. She is safe, thank heavens. I can't talk about the emotion I feel about that. Roshan was in Liverpool St just after the bomb on the tube there, he's ok too, thankfully. I nearly went into town this morning as well, to the library. I feel sick. I'm watching the news still, they still do not know how many have been killed. People right now are still trapped under ground. There were blasts on the tube at Aldgate, Edgware Road, Liverpool St, King's Cross and Russel Square; and a bus got blown apart in Tavistock Square. After yesterday's elation, today Londoners get this. But I tell you, this city will not give in to fear. Yesterday there were joyous faces of children in east London, mostly black and asian but multicultural nonetheless, and those children will not give in to those handful of malicious tossers who have done this. As Ken Livingstone said earlier (he's still in Singapore), this was not an attack against presidents or prime ministers, but against ordinary working-class people (it was a no.30 bus from Hackney), regardless of colour or religion, and it is cowardly. But we will not give in to fear. We shall remain as normal. Blair gave a speech at midday. Yesterday, I'd never seen him so elated. Today he looked distraught, and looked as though he was about to cry. I've never seen him so upset. He's on his way down to the capital now. I'm just going to wait for Angela to come home. She has to walk from Russell Sq to Highgate. I can't go into London to meet her because transport is out. This is a terrible day. I hope the fatalities are not high.
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7.7.05 14:35
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