Blair is on again at G8

[mandragora]

He's flanked by Bush and Chirac, with the other leaders fanning out. I'm glad to see the rallying round - the squabble with Chirac is overshadowed by today.

Have just learned am due in court tomorrow. Luckily, it's a north London court, so if need be I'll drive there if public transport is still not running. I can't get the file, so will have to wing tomorrow's hearing. The office are faxing through the basics but the file is too big to take everything. I expect the opposition to be sympathetic and let me read their papers. That's what happens in situations like this.

The courts are still running, although obviously lots of clients won't be turning up.

The police are trying to downplay it as much as possible. They're saying that you wouldn't notice anything unusual unless you're in the affected areas.

Mainline trains are running.

Comments

[filenotch.livejournal.com]

Rather it's to do with old hatreds and resentment, some of it justified. Sadly.

We forget that, over here, that Britain ruled the Middle East for so many years, leaving the odd national borders behind. Holmes' friend Watson was wounded in Afganistan, after all.

The old wounds are yours, and the new ones are ours, and they're saying "Fuck You."

And on top of that, Islam is about 700 years younger than Christianity, and what were we doing 700 years ago? Having Crusades.

[mandragora1.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's rather my thinking about Islam, as well. It's a young religion compared to most and, yet, it's rather less destructive than Christianity was at the same age.

British policy is sadly to blame for a large part of the fucked-up situation in the Middle East. We don't forget it, we can't forget it.