so an attack is imminent

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AIBU to be a little freaked, living in London?

Wow Starburst that sounds really scary. I am from Dublin and have never seen the like of that. It sounds terrifying and I would have been terrified. I get scared if I am in a bar and a fight breaks out!

Strangely I wasn't as scared as I should of been. Maybe because it was clear that the rioters were targeting the police & the loyalists. What was scary that even though there was 'peace' & I naively thought things were ok the tensions were still there under the surface. Here's a link

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2006/feb/26/northernireland.ireland

The British government is not scared of ISIS, they help sponsor them!!

Try to keep this in perspective. Terrorist attacks are awful because they are deliberate and many or at least several people die at once. We have the same fear of terror attacks that we have of plane crashes, but realistically you are far more likely to die in a car crash on the way to work, or Asda or the school run. How often do you say you dare not go out in your car and go about your mundane day to day business because of the risk you might die?

It's ok to be more anxious and alert but it's not like most people can just choose to not go to work or whatever.

I think the difference is that no one foresees the random car crash or expects it. When we are all feeling anxious and on heightened alert about terror, when it happens there is a sense of the inevitable and it's easy to say 'See? I told you we should never have gone to London for the day/that FA cup final/Christmas market'

But the truth is that thousands and thousands of large scale events, plane journeys, airports, large railway stations etc go about their business without incident every day. If you do get caught up in something awful it is of course tragic and sickening but in percentage terms the risk to all of us is tiny, tiny, tiny. Certainly not worth becoming so anxious that you can't live your life and move around freely, enjoying yourself. When that happens the cunts have won.

The person who said they don't want to go the the wedding in London, would you think it slightly irrational to not go to that wedding for fear that you might die in a car or train crash on the way there? Because that is more likely to happen to you, quite honestly.

@Quodlibet How about you stop trying to political point score over this horrendous incident.

It's vile.

These security forces now activated are very good at what they do. As good as it gets. I feel confident if there is something developing they are more than up to the task.

Look there is a situation here. We have very good people working very hard to sort out any eminent threat. Let them do their jobs.

There will be time after this to dissect, but right now let the professionals do their jobs.

An attack has been imminent all over Europe for months.

I'm still vigilant but no change.

I'm pretty depressed though about the state the world is in

Who is stopping them, makeour?

Of course we're more than happy for them to do their jobs.

"Imminent?"

It just fucking happened!!

Manchester is dealing with it now FFS.

They are shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.

An attack May be imminent. It has been like that for years! This doesn't mean anything. Your thread title is rather attention seeking OP, and reads like a Daily Mail headline.

Save your concern for the families who are waking up this morning without their children.
May will be exploiting this for political reasons, Just as she's slipping in the polls. Shameful

If you've read 1984, (and most of us have) you might draw parallels between being kept in a state of panic and fear, and feeling the need for a 'strong and stable' leader, as we head towards to polls. Not that I'm saying TV would exploit a terrorist attack for her own political gain, of course.

user thought crossed my mind too.

Let's raise the threat and have troops on the street right before polling day.

How the hell has an attack not been imminent for the last year?

Ps I'm ashamed to say I haven't read 1984

Seriously what is it with some posters trying to point score, spread conspiracy theories and posting rubbish?

May will be exploiting this for political reasons, Just as she's slipping in the polls. Shameful

Actually what is shameful is you trying to make political gain from this awful attack.

To be fair piglet I don't think that's the case.

There is a certain irony in the threat being raised to "imminent" after two attacks surely?

The point being that we shouldn't be any more concerned now than before. An attacks has always been imminent. It's just an adjective.

We do not know what information security forces may have.

My advice:

Be vigilant. Know where the exists are.
Stay sober.
Don't start crap that will distract the police.
Plan on delays.
Keep phone charged, tank full.

I think they have intelligence of another cell. Doesn't mean it'll be today - but I'm pleased we have such good intelligence in this country - even though one got through Monday night.

Every now and again, the Intelligence services release info of all the attacks they have foiled - and it's a sobering read. But then, as they say, they have to be lucky every time - terrorists only have to get lucky once.

After 7/7 there was the failed attack on 21/7 - only failed because they cocked up the chemical proportions in the bombs. Had that worked it would have as tragic as 7/7 - and would have killed children too - because one of the bombers was said to direct his rucksack towards a mother with a pushchair.

I feel very anxious - I'm not going to deny it.

Be vigilant, stay aware of your surroundings. My family of 5 were in London this weekend - at a v popular theatre show. I thought about it then - "this could be a target". It's like something I'm constantly aware of in the back of my mind. It makes me so sad and angry.

There is a certain irony in the threat being raised to "imminent" after two attacks surely?

No there isn't.

Maybe listen to those that know about it.

Posters have been told over and over it isn't May's choice. By raising the threat they can put the army on the streets.

They as yet don't know if he was working alone.

The bomb was fairly sophisticated.

Maybe instead of peddling half truths people should think.

May will be exploiting this for political reasons, Just as she's slipping in the polls. Shameful

If she is, we can hold her to account later. For now, let her do her job.

You might be right.

I have in my head lived with a "only a matter of time" mentality for months. I know our intelligence service is wonderful but they cannot stop small groups acting or indeed lone wolfs. We have unfortunately a number of people across Europe who don't think like we do.

So I have lived my life in this knowledge and see no change. I'm guessing they have interviewed the family to get the info on the rest of the cell.

But there are loads of these small terrorist cells. They are like ants.

So the raised threat personally means nothing to me and i will continue to be normal yet fearful.

I have no trust in the 'security services'. Am not reassured by seeing large numbers of police army hanging around armed with guns AFTER the atrocity. It's worthy of a Monty Python scene.

Police/army/politicians have their own agenda and do like a situation of fear and control. Security services are paid to lie professionally and there is no reason to believe they have halted 1,000s of potential incidents. They are invested to justifying their own existence.

malif yy, festivals must be a target. I've not been in years so I don't know how thorough security checks are.

I live and work in central London, I am on the tube or buses in zone 1 almost every day. I feel more conscious of security and I've had an awareness for a while that more attacks are going to happen, it's always going to be a matter of when and where. The security services have stopped lots of plots but they can't stop every single one. I don't feel anxious about it or let it stop me from doing anything, but I am more aware of things like exits and people around me, abandoned items etc. Statistically though even if there is an attack here then it's unlikely that I'd get caught up in it.