Avoid London - Area Closed was the message displayed on motorway signs today as I headed south from Stoke On Trent, over 100 miles from London.

And the helpful Mr Bush tells us:

[CNN] U.S. President George W. Bush was among the somber leaders who stood behind Blair as he spoke.'We will not yield to these people, will not yield to the terrorists,' he said in a short statement after Blair departed. 'We will find them, we will bring them to justice, and at the same time we will spread an ideology of hope and compassion that will overwhelm their ideology of hate.'

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