And in common with oter posters, I used to live just by Russel Square. Every day I walked past the bombsite. London is just as much MY city as it is anyones - and nobody has any right to bomb it.
It's crappy and grim in parts, and we might hate each other at times, but it's OURS and frankly, if anyone is going to trash the place it should be US.
I see some foreign news sites talking about how stunnning it is tat the Londoners picked themselves up, brushed the broken glass out of their hair, found their bags and walked through the crowds to get to work.
What else would you have us do? Nobody's helped by people standing round whining about how they'll be late home. People get on with stuff. It's how London works. It's why we had the largest and most peacefull empire the world ever saw. It's why people think Brits can't emote - "stiff upper lip".
People get on with life, and refuse to give up on normality.
The only way you'll get most Londoners to stop getting on is to nail them into a box.
And then put something heavy on the box.
And bury it.
Unless there's sport on the TV, then they all stay home and phone in sick.
