Thursday , October 15 2026
There have been a few minor pops in London, with no one hurt.

A few minor pops in London

There have been a few minor pops in London – one on a bus and on a couple of Tube trains – with no one hurt. Let’s hope a sense of proportion is maintained.

In the interests of that, I’m sharing a small piece from this week’s Private Eye.

My bet is that this is a pretty amateurish effort to cause panic. The sensible thing is to ensure it doesn’t.

I was planning to go to the library but have put it off, just because the traffic is bound to be bedlam all afternoon. That’s the level of importance I’d put on this – minor inconvenience.

About Natalie Bennett

Natalie blogs at Philobiblon, on books, history and all things feminist. In her public life she's the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales.

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