One of the unintended results of the terrorist murder in our city is this: the emergency services have proved they can handle the worst of mayhem with efficiency and professionalism. And, as Londoners already get back in the tube trains to go to work, we prove that, frankly, we don’t give a damn about terrorists and that we’ll carry on, uncowed, regardless.

It might be one of the ironies of this outrage that it unifies us and demonstrates to the world that Britain is still a tough, chin up, stiff upper lipped country that will not cave in to even the most appalling terror. Maybe, in adversity, we will rediscover the essence of what it means to be British.

Whatever happens we must not give in.

“Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valour, and be in readiness for the conflict; for it is better for us to perish in battle than to look upon the outrage of our nation and our altar.”
- Prime Minister Winston Churchill