Nothing can ever be the same again
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,1530213,00.html
Politicians should not pretend that the London atrocities will not
change our way of life. They already have and will do so more
Andrew Rawnsley
Sunday July 17, 2005
The Observer
A great fib has united the political classes since the London bombings.
It is such a common fib because it is such a comforting fib. It is a
fib to which just about everyone, from the Prime Minister and the
leader of the opposition downwards, has subscribed since the carnage in
the capital. The fib is that the terrorists will not change 'our way of
life'. We are shocked. We mourn. Then, with that resilience and
stoicism which defines Britain at its best, we can move on. That is the
consoling and false suggestion of the fib.
Andrew Rawnsley
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