FAILED TERRORIST ATTACK

[Hudders]

And I have no idea who Alex Salmond is anyway.

Its comments like that that turn me into a Scottish Nationalist.

OK, so Wikipedia has semi-reliably informed me that he is first minister for Scotland. But I don't know why his death would bring the entirity of Britain down - surely he only has very limited prominence south of the border?

Also, if he died at the same time as the Queen, I think his demise would be completely overshadowed; I doubt he'd have any significant effect on the outrage in the aftermath either.

[Indie Boy]

Maybe I was a bit too extreme to say Britain would fall apart, but there would be serious implications. I am Scottish and I would feel angry if my first minister was killed and even more so if my Queen was killed. I honestly think that it would lead to another war "to top Iraq", maybe world war III. I think these terrorist attacks are getting so extreme and frequent that something is going to go ahead.

Ps I'm not for war just I think its got to the stage war is inevitable.

[SSH]

But who the heck would we attack? All that would happen is even further restrictions on personal freedom in the UK, and what a pain THAT would be.

Meantime, perhaps we should stop recruiting all these foreign doctors when there are 10000 British junior doctors out of work...?

[Indie Boy]

Yeah well thats the question, but we have 3 or 4 of them so surely they are going to crack. And of course Britain will sort out immigration from now on :
"Are you a Terrorist?"
"erm....no"
"Come on in then"

[Hudders]

But who the heck would we attack?

I think that's the problem Bush got himself into. When faced with terrorism, governments will invariably look for a scapegoat regardless of whether they have anything to do with the attacks. It's just too easy to turn a police matter into an armed forces matter.