Terrible events in London today. A terrorist drove along the pavement of Westminster Bridge, mowing down pedestrians; two have died and many are badly injured. Then after crashing his car into the fence outside Parliament he ran round into the grounds and stabbed a policeman to death, before he was shot dead himself. How stupid and pointless. That poor policeman went to work this morning, just doing his job, and was murdered so cruelly. And terrifying for the people on the bridge - I have walked over Westminster Bridge on many occasions with the family, it hardly bears thinking about.
I watched the news on and off with Ally during the evening, while doing some batch cooking (beef stroganoff and lamb tagine with Asian pears). Among all the sadness some things shone through. The emergency services responded very quickly and efficiently. An MP (Tobias Ellwood) could be seen trying to save the stabbed policeman by giving him CPR until the ambulance got there. And members of the public could be seen helping the injured. Among the bad there is still good.
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