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mandragoraNews has just broken that 6 men were arrested in North London in a suspected plot to mass-poison Londoners, probably on the Underground with a deadly poison called Ricin - which is 6,000 times more toxic than Cyanide. The chemical has been manufactured in Iraq and it's thought Al Quieda may have access to it.
All this is alarming, of course, but what's got to me is that the road where they were arrested is about a mile from where I live (granted, with the population density of London that isn't that close). However, the road where the suspected poisoners-to-be were living and where they were arrested, is one I know very well, as one of my closest friends used to live there. It's a quiet, surburban road in North London. Not somewhere you'd think a bunch of people would be plotting to commit mass murder.
The other happy thought is that Wood Green is one stop down the line from where I get on the tube, on the Piccadilly Line, so if the poisoners had decided to release the toxin on the tube, it could have been my line, and if I was really unlucky, my tube train.
What a happy thought.
All this is alarming, of course, but what's got to me is that the road where they were arrested is about a mile from where I live (granted, with the population density of London that isn't that close). However, the road where the suspected poisoners-to-be were living and where they were arrested, is one I know very well, as one of my closest friends used to live there. It's a quiet, surburban road in North London. Not somewhere you'd think a bunch of people would be plotting to commit mass murder.
The other happy thought is that Wood Green is one stop down the line from where I get on the tube, on the Piccadilly Line, so if the poisoners had decided to release the toxin on the tube, it could have been my line, and if I was really unlucky, my tube train.
What a happy thought.
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Re: Yow!
Date: 7 January 2003 13:32 (UTC)It shouldn't be, it's not far in distance. Just don't let the cabbie take you the 'scenic route'. I know that you're pretty savvy on the travel front, but London taxi drivers have had the cheek to even try it on with me. Cue ensuing argument over the fare, all of which I have (so far) won. But I've had long 'discussions' with them as to why they chose a particular route, usually starting off with, "Oh, are there now road works on [particular road in question] and is that why you haven't gone down it?" When rumbled they usually are conciliatory, but it does make me wonder how many poor tourists get ripped off.
Anyway, bear in mind that London Bridge is only just south of The City, Islington is only just north of it and The City is only about 1 mile square. Ergo, London Bridge to Islington is Not Far, and don't let anyone suggest otherwise!