The dust of uncertainty
by Jack Stilgoe
So, there have been some explosions in London (7 incidents at last count). Public transport has ground to a halt. The news is telling us very little while pretending to tell us a lot. It's too early for clear thinking about what this might all mean, but as I was Cycling across town, the sights, sounds and silences seemed to speak volumes.
The dust has not settled, and is unlikely to settle for a while. My journey in to the office took me past sirens, cordons, queues and gaps where buses should be. For the moment, we have situation not of a city perceiving a risk. We have a city rightly reacting to a huge level of uncertainty.