The American Expatriate: London jittery

THE AMERICAN ^REEXPATRIATE

"America is often portrayed as an ignorant, unsophisticated sort of place, full of bible bashers and ruled to a dangerous extent by trashy television, superstition and religious bigotry, a place lacking in respect for evidence based knowledge. I know that is how it is portrayed because I have done my bit to paint that picture..." BBC's Washington correspondent Justin Webb, in a remarkably frank admission of his role in misinforming the British public about America and Americans

Friday, July 08, 2005

London jittery

Not surprisingly, there are lots of reports of "suspicious" packages out there today. One, very close to me, is apparently being taken very seriously. The police have courdoned off a large section of Queen Victoria Streeet, seem to be evacuating buildings, and are apparently going to have a controlled explosion of one of these suspect packages.

Most people are taking it in stride, and it will probably turn out to be little more than a forgotten briefcase. But clearly the security atmosphere has tightened significantly.