And The Terrorists Win. Again and Again and Again and Again.

“In this time of heightened security”, as the announcement I keep hearing at train stations around the capital describes it (surely that’s the wrong way round, by the way: isn’t this a time of heightened risk?) you could argue, if you were an overly cynical individual, that an unpopular government mired in an unpopular war half way around the world would be absolutely relishing the opportunity to push through all sorts of anti-democratic unpopular legislation…

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