Would you visit London for the day if it wasn't necessary?

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After what's been going on, would you visit for a day with your kids and travel by underground as usual? It would be in central London and the visit would be next week eg. Wed/Thursday.

All views welcome, help me make my mind up...

I would go myself, but I wouldn't take ds. More to do with disruption than potential terrorist threat (although I'd be a liar if I said that wan't an issue at all). Lugging a buggy and a two-year-old on and off the tube isn't much fun at the best of times - I have absolutely no desire to do it now.

In a few weeks time I will be back to the old familiar routine of a daily commute to and from London, but I see no reason to put ds through it

Yep, I would. Already been through London, anyway. Went from Euston to Waterloo via the tube, then on Eurostar to Paris and back.

If your number's up ...

Not a hope
a) I don't really like London anyway (love the history though) and
b) not ashamed to say I'd be a nervous wreck.

Anyway - there are no guarantees - next strike could be elsewhere, anywhere, so we might as well carry on as normally as possible.

Most people don't die as a result of terrorism. Almost all, in fact.

I would agree with the statement 'If your times up'. But I wouldn't take the DC's there because of all the terror alerts, what would you do to get home. Of all those people who walk for hours after the first thursday, could you imagine yourself there with your children? Not just that they would be frightened but how on earth would you get home with DD2 (in the buggy) DS (7) and DD1 whose 3 walking?? And the thought of being in the underground stuck for hours with my babies doesn't bear thinking about.
London is strong and the adults will go on with their jobs.

No HM, a lot more get maimed, or scarred from serious flesh wounds. There are plenty of "lucky" survivors around, most of whom are now out of hospital.

LM, most people don't get maimed, scarred, etc either.

I wouldnt go into London unless I had to - sad, but true

In your definition are we saying "most people who have ever lived" or "most people caught up in suicide bombings"?

Out of interest how many more people are going to be injured or die on London public transport as a result of terrorist activity over the next 2 months?

I know that I don't know the answer. But for you HM, what would be the level at which it becomes a statistical threat? 1,000? Or do we really have to get into 100,000s before it is an issue for you.

I have sufficient respect for the police and security forces that they are looking to minimise the possibility, but that's totally diffiernt from ignoring it completely.

One of the things that always amazed me over here was the fact that during the Northen Ireland terrorist activities, so few of the deaths were actually ever reported in England. Policy at the time as it happens. Unfortunately this underreporting may leave people with some false expectations.

I took DS there by train yesterday to see his dad, who lives in North London (Islington). I can't pretend I didn't feel uneasy about it - as I said goodbye to DS I thought "might this be the last time I see him?" - but I also thought of all the millions of children who live in London and travel around the city every day. That puts it in perspective for me. Also told XDP not to take DS into town or on a bus!

I work in central London, and have lived here all my life. I would always avoid the tube if possible - often walking is much quicker. At the moment I am thinking of getting back on my bike (avoid the disruption, and I know I should anyway). My two children love going on the tube, and there are so many fun places to take them to, so I will probably take them up to town a few times this summer.

Although the risk seems much more present at the moment, it's been there for the last three or four years (and the IRA stuff for many years longer). The disruption is another thing, and I would always look at having a few alternative routes up my sleeve.

I'm with the when your time is up feelings - after all how often do we run much higher risks (car accidents for example). To be honest my first reaction (and I share an office with an American, which puts things in some perspective) is how incredibly low the numbers were (not withstanding the terribleness of it all). Thousands and thousands of people travel on public transport (and lets not forget the bus that went up too) during rush hour, I would have thought that many many more could have been affected.