Perfect time for a terror attack?

I worked for the government in Westminster, London during late seventies/eighties at the height of the IRA campaign, and I remember constantly being on the alert for anything suspicious, many security restrictions, taped off streets, evacuated tube stations and buildings. I lost count of the number of bombs that went off in pubs, restaurants, rubbish bins, cars, exhibitions, and thats without all the constant bomb threats and hoaxes. I could count the number of people I knew who were caught up in these bombings by the score. It became a way of life - a daily threat.

Back then, the details of the incident were made public. Suspects pictures were in the papers, explosives found in houses and cars were shown on TV, and I believed they did their damndest to catch them and bring them to trial.

And what do I see now? Well, sorry guys but it bears no relation to anything I experienced then.

Throughout my lifetime (nigh on half a century) the objectives of 'terrorists' have always been to 'terrorise'. The Basque Separatists, Etta, Black September, the IRA etc., all take their opportunities where they can. When they have hijacked a plane they do it because they have demands they want met. When they blow up a building they have a clear agenda. They have clear objectives and seek to bully a government into giving into their demands by putting the population into a state of fear.

Am I scared to fly, catch a train/tube/bus in London?

Well, to use Katherine Tate's famous phrase "Am I bovvered?" No, I'm not.