I've just been to my favourite lunchtime takeaway in Camden Market. Kim's, it called, run by Kim herself, who always remembers what you have, even if you only go once a fortnight. Stop me if you've heard this before, but it's south Asian and completely delicious. She fills it to the brim and it's only £3.50. A real bargain.
And the good thing today was, the market was totally devoid of people. I mean literally there was no one but idling stallholders wondering, like me, where all the crowds have gone. No tourists, not one.
Why is this? Surely not because a couple of bombs didn't go off? Imagine what it would be like if they did. Would London be deserted? So a good thing? Yes and no.
So now we hear doctor are behind it all. Am I over-reacting to find this deeply disturbing? Doctors, people in a position of trust. If what we read is to be believed, these doctors were asylum seekers who used their respectability to gain a route into the UK who kindly took them in and gave them jobs - and this is how they repay us? Yikes, if doctors are doing it, are policemen too? This of course could be barking up the wrong tree, but already you can sense the general panic.
Will people refuse to be treated by Asian doctors in case they're terrorists and deliberately inject you with something that will cause a slow and painful death? I tell you, if a member of the emergency services is found to be allied, you can bet we'll be hurtling toward Children Of Men world, V For Vendetta land or some other sort of Dystopia. And we don't want that, do we.
People will cry: 'Not all Muslims are terrorists!', to which I reply: 'I know. But, there's always one that's got to ruin it for everyone else.'
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Why are people surprised it's doctors? They're just as likely to be brainwashed as anyone else.
I've got a London trip planned for early next year. Mrs Rich was saying 'are we still going?' Of course we are, staying at home is exactly what they want. Besides, when the IRA were active on the mainland, it never stopped me from doing what I liked, when I liked.
I suppose one of the problems is you don't know who these people are and what their cause is. With the IRA their motives were clearly defined. Obviously this current activity is to coincide with a change in PM to highlight that the problem is still there.
I still think that the Glasgow incident was an act of desperation by people who knew that the police were closing in on them.
You're right of course, Rich. It's not just the disaffected poor who turn to fundamentalism, so it shouldn't come as a shock. But somehow, it just does.
À propos of something completely different, I notice that Monsieur Collins has copied your rant about people saying "Can I get...". Nothing new under the sun, is there?
Where I lead others follow, Kitten. He obviously - and disappointingly - never reads this blog or he wouldn't be copying my ideas!
But at least we're agreed that 'can I get' is wrong.
I'm afraid I'm going to have to stick up for AC. He did the same rant on the his old 6Music radio show around March.
Be interesting to see whether people staying away from London continues. After the last series, I seem to recall a real sense of defiance from the capital's populace.
I am ashamed to say I have never looked at this blog before. Sorry about that. Having said that, I never claimed that my rant about the phrase "Can I get?" was original! I've just started to regularly use a coffee shop of a morning as I've moved in a new office and it's been getting on my nerves again. I promise to read this blog now. It's only fair.
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