Maybe they were the fashion police.

This whole affair is ridiculous. This country (the UK) is on alert, the capitol especially, and the whole country is united in their hatred of the terrorist threat, and rightly so.

The problem is in the atmosphere of terror and panic that has been created. It produces two reactions: (1) Blind, undevoted trust and loyalty to the state and Police and (2) Blind, unalloyed hatred of the "enemy" whoever that may be.

In this sort of atmosphere, it becomes abhorrent to criticise one's own countrymen, especially the Police force. But the British public are awful reactionaries, never mind all this BS about stiff upper lip. And our Police force is woefull inept. Tragedy cannot mask incompetence. Our Police are rubbish, useless. Sorry if that's disrespectful, but it's a true assessment.

They are paid a lot of money and do an important job. They are VERY good at catching motorists doing 32 mph in a 30 mph zone; they excel at crowd control and moving people along, there's nothing to see here. But actually thwarting a co-ordinated terrorist threat? Rubbish. We need a dedicated counter-terrorist force, peopled by educated, intelligent, sharp and physically fit individuals.

And what is their stock response to attacks? "We ask the public to be vigilant." We've got our own jobs to do, our own lives to lead. Sure, we'll take care of ourselves and look out for suspicious packages and so on. But it's your job to keep us safe, guys. Start doing it and stop congratulating yourselves for being so good at cleaning up messes that wouldn't happen if you were any good.