This piece below which I wrote for the Standard pretty much covers my thoughts on the “Crevice” fertiliser plot, although overnight I have been amazed by some of the reaction. I think it’s amazing how we have given the police, MI5 and the government the benefit of the doubt. Of course it is right that a determined and lucky bomber will always get through, but these people are paid to protect us from harm. The New Labour deal on civil liberties was that we gave up certain rights in return for security. Now one side of the contract has been broken.
From the Evening Standard:
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