In the news is the latest attack in the UK, this time at London Bridge and Borough Market. Death and turmoil again.
Of course the campaign for the General Election is active though with suspension on Sunday it seems. The response so far is as would be expected: condemnations and encouragement for people to remains calm and continue with their lives.
When then attack in Manchester happened last week Corbyn was cricticised from the usual quarters for trying to give context of where these acts may be developed from, as if that is not important.
With this attack along with natural outrage May appears to moving to greater intolerance and attempts at greater control, there is “far too much tolerance of extremism” with further anti-terrorist actions including the old bug-bear of the internet. The Gaurdian interprets this as the move to punish thought-crime.
As ever we here from the top that ‘we will not let terrorists win” while at the same time responding within a narrow formula and restricting society and creating fear that does mean we are all affected and that to me terror does win.
Will it spillover to New Zealand?
