According to the New York Times we are currently ‘reeling’ from the attack on Saturday night. All of us. In reels. I’m not even completely sure what that means, but I know enough to say ‘that ain’t happening’. London doesn’t ‘reel’. Maybe its that ‘stiff upper lip’ thing, maybe its just burying your head in the sand but in the wake of that horrendous event, but we just carry on. We get on tube trains, we meet in pubs, we have coffee on pavement cafes, we live our lives. Exactly as before. Perhaps a little more warily, but we’re always wary, city living does that.

Which doesn’t mean we’re unmoved. God, no. I see the photos of those who died and I have tears in my eyes for the meaningless loss of wonderful young people, dead for absolutely no good reason. In fact for a very very bad reason.

Americans do things differently. They go into ‘lock-down’. They cancel events, move into bunkers and get the gun collections out and oiled. Whilst their presidential Moron sends tweets.

In what will be henceforth known as ‘Kahn-gate’, Sadiq Kahn, our sweet little mayor, said (and you can watch it, Don, on youtube) that following recent events, there will be a much higher incidence of armed police on the streets, which is no reason to be alarmed. Those were his exact words. Trump tweets: 46 people injured; no reason to be alarmed!!! Errr, that wasn’t what he said, Donny, he was referring to the police presence. To which Trump then (NEVER BACK DOWN! EVERRR!!!) tweeted back that Kahn was just making an excuse, and the press were backing him. And all this from the man who despises ‘fake news’ and press distortions.

Its a boy problem. This whole jihadi-bollox-nonsense. Its about boys (99% of the time) who feel worthless and are offered a chance to make a statement that, for once, everyone will hear. They’re generally dim, often active or recent drug-users, have little or no self-esteem and possess very small penises. If they’re Americans they shoot up a school. If they’re not they join groups of like-minded zeroes and become ‘jihadis’. Its not about religion, the irony of mass murder in the name of any religion is not beyond even these dick-heads. Its about disenfranchised youth who see no future and don’t care. From sociopath to murderer is not a difficult path. And spurred on by men who have a more serious agenda, hate preachers (also with very small penises) who prey on these boys’ insecurities, they basically drive them to suicide. Unfortunately whilst taking others with them, which is the real tragedy.

But reeling? I’m a Londoner. One Love. Go fuck yourself.

Happy Tuesday

A xxxx