This unexploded car bomb...

[Chris]

Does anyone else feel that this may be just the begining of a campaign to raise the fear of terrorism high enough for Mr Brown to push through his new anti-terror regulations and impede on even more of our civil liberties?

 

Hmm?

[RedinSweden]

Do you think he planted it? Crafty bastard.

[Owen]

My first thought when I heard this morning was something along the lines of

 

"Two days after getting a new prime minister? How terribly convenient."

[Section_31]

My first thought when I heard this morning was something along the lines of

 

"Two days after getting a new prime minister? How terribly convenient."

 

To be fair though the 7-7 bombings were the day after they announced London was getting the Olympics, and I don't think Seb coe was involved.

 

Any terrorist worth his salt goes for a big event, just look at the IRA with the national a few years back.

[She Knows It]

Wasn't just me with a cynical old mind then? First thing that crossed my mind also. This government thinks we are all utter plebs. I reckon by Sunday they'll have the power to shoot on sight anyone caught smoking in an 'enclosed space'. Especially if you're wearing a big coat.

[Hermes]

Yeah, maybe they should have just let it explode killing and maiming hundreds of people. Then it would really raise the fear of terrorism high enough for Mr Brown to push through his new anti-terror regulations and impede on even more of our civil liberties

[Christian]

I was thinking EXACTLY the same as Chris and my feeling was underlined when I saw my reporter mate Damon Green. He said the bomb was "really shit"!

[Ian Sea]

Whoever did it wasn't very discreet were they. Driving erratically and crashing into a bin is only going to bring attention. If I was going to bomb anywhere they're the last things I'd do.

[Christian]

Yeah, maybe they should have just let it explode killing and maiming hundreds of people. Then it would really raise the fear of terrorism high enough for Mr Brown to push through his new anti-terror regulations and impede on even more of our civil liberties

 

I already told you that it was a shit bomb.

You believe anything you told my man.

[Paul]

Brown's campaign to re-engage the electorate and address voter apathy and cynicism goes off with a bang...

[Hermes]

I already told you that it was a shit bomb.

You believe anything you told my man.

 

"my reporter mate Damon Green. He said the bomb was "really shit"!

 

Hmmm.

[She Knows It]

If it was such a threat, then why were none of the local residents evacuated? They were just told that if they left their homes, they wouldn't be allowed back in until the cordons were lifted.

 

Hmm, a car 'packed' with 60 litres of petrol? I call that having a full tank, not a car bomb. ;) A shit bomb indeed.

[Christian]

"my reporter mate Damon Green. He said the bomb was "really shit"!

 

Hmmm.

 

What is the Hmmm for?

You can disagree with what I am saying, but that is what he said!

[Hermes]

What is the Hmmm for?

You can disagree with what I am saying, but that is what he said!

 

"You believe anything you told my man"

[Thants]

A dud?

I hope so. I'll be in Regent Street on Monday/Tuesday.

[Anubis]

Perhaps it was somebody every bit as disgruntled as the rest of us over not getting a chance to vote for a new Prime Minister.

 

Edit : Just read the BBC website story where they say it has 'ecoes of other terrorist plots.' Yeh, it also has echoes of criminal underworld elements setting off car bombs in Liverpool. And it was outside a nightclub.

[Chris]

Yeah, maybe they should have just let it explode killing and maiming hundreds of people. Then it would really raise the fear of terrorism high enough for Mr Brown to push through his new anti-terror regulations and impede on even more of our civil liberties

 

Nah, there was nothing to explode in the first place. it's a very beneficial operation.

 

Stage a bomb threat and have the police take care of it. That way people are inclined to think that an attack could happen at any time, and that the police did their job in tackling it. Hurrah for anti-terror police!

 

But if they had more power to act earlier, it wouldn't have been such a close call. They could stop these problems at the source. And you will never have to be afraid of terrorism again.

 

So pass my laws and take away peoples basic human freedoms today!

[Stu Monty]

Watch out or terrorism will get you!

[kopitegaz]

Perhaps it was somebody every bit as disgruntled as the rest of us over not getting a chance to vote for a new Prime Minister.

 

Edit : Just read the BBC website story where they say it has 'ecoes of other terrorist plots.' Yeh, it also has echoes of criminal underworld elements setting off car bombs in Liverpool. And it was outside a nightclub.

 

Nobody was allowed to vote for a new Prime Minister when that bitch was fucked off, so why is everyone moaning about doing so now?

[Moo]

Nobody was allowed to vote for a new Prime Minister when that bitch was fucked off, so why is everyone moaning about doing so now?

 

I await the arrival of a Lib Dem to tell everyone that we don't elect any PM, we elect local councillor leading to the formation of a Government headed by the leader of the overall winning party.

Something like that anyway.

 

The point is all party politics is bollocks and I actually think the new PM may have a point when he says what is best for the country is to have it governed by people with a mixture of values from accross the political spectrum.

[Anubis]

Nobody was allowed to vote for a new Prime Minister when that bitch was fucked off, so why is everyone moaning about doing so now?

I think you'll find people did.

[aws]

Nobody was allowed to vote for a new Prime Minister when that bitch was fucked off, so why is everyone moaning about doing so now?

 

I seem to remember Brown calling for an election when Major stepped up.

[tokyojoe]

Don't worry, you'll all have your ID cards next year, and all this nonsense will stop.

[7dalglish]

it's a no win situation, if it was real and went off the question would be why didn't our intelligence get onto this...this government is shite etc etc.

[Faustus]

Does anyone else feel that this may be just the begining of a campaign to raise the fear of terrorism high enough for Mr Brown to push through his new anti-terror regulations and impede on even more of our civil liberties?

 

Hmm?

 

My first thoughts exactly when I turned on BBC Breakfast this morning.