As I write, an 18 year old man has been arrested in Dover in connection with another appalling terrorist outrage, this time on the underground at Parsons Green. The threat level remains at 'critical', which is the highest level possible and indicates another attack is imminent. My heart goes out to the 29 innocent victims and of course their family and friends. From what I understand of the incident, the IED did not fully explode, which would have seen shrapnel rip through the carriage, causing even more carnage and without doubt deaths. All the papers today are reporting that Islamic State (Isil) has claimed responsibility. This modern-day threat of Islamic fundamentalism is my generation's IRA, although these thugs don't care if they live or die. What to do? There's no doubt that we must keep calm and not allow this intolerance to change our lives. We all know that the police and security forces are doing their level best to keep us safe and we also know they have already prevented several attacks. There are people out there working in the shadows, often in grave danger, to whom we owe a great deal. Regrettably, there will always be those who are prepared to carry out these outrages, whatever we do to tackle extremism. That should not prevent us from trying, though, and by working together we can hopefully reduce the risk of radicalization. We will never be cowed by violence or the threat of it. Our great nation has stood up to far more in the past, and we will continue to do so in the future.
after a bucket bomb was detonated on a packed London Underground train at Parsons Green and that Theresa May has warned another attack could be "imminent" as she raised Britain's terror threat level to critical after today's Parsons Green tube explosion. This was reported in the Express, Sun, Telegraph, Mirror, Guardian, Independent and Times.
According to the Mail and the Times, the US President tweeted just hours after the rush hour blast that police had the attacker 'in their sights' and should have been 'more proactive' in catching 'the loser'. Scotland Yard hit back and said Mr Trump's comments were 'pure speculation' while senior officers refused to name the suspect. Mrs May also rebuffed the President's tweet, calling it 'unhelpful', and has this evening discussed intelligence sharing between the two countries with the Mr Trump in a telephone call.