a little 'the horse has bolted' today.

People talking about how terrorism can be beaten and how we will not surrender to it. It all seems very pointless to me even though I know we have to have words of defiance.

It can't be stopped, we are all at risk when in public places. How do you stop someone packing up and walking into crowded areas??? You simply can't - not all the time! People filled with hatred for us walk our streets preaching to followers and would be followers damning our way of life and beliefs. This isn't political (like the IRA troubles) this is far worse than that and it's not going to get better or go away with an agreement. Going about our way of life isn't beating them at all...it's a risk we have to take and that in turn makes us all sitting ducks. It's quite simple to me, we can't solve the problem with words and we won't solve the problem with action...getting tough isn't an option because the softies stamp their feet and scream.

Intelligence will save us more times than not but some of our guardian angels will lose out to this lot. We can all grieve and show outrage but the upshot is thousands of British people celebrate acts like Manchester.

May fate and luck protect us all...that's our only true defence.