I thought Neil's little rant was a cliché ridden piece of self promotion, which was amazingly endorsed by the intellectual Portillo.

It did not address the underlying issues of terrorism and promoted the view that modern terrorism can be fought by turning the other cheek. A mere handful of Jihadists could destroy the operational structure of the UK in weeks, should they wish to do so.

Time to get serious I believe, and to start thinking of the possible rather than the probable, how to we react to chemical or even worse, biological terrorism?