The McLaughlin Group were talking about the latest London would-be bombings today. The old guy, McLaughlin, asked the others if they'd let their loved ones take the Tube in London. Answers were split: Pat Buchanan and Lawrence O'Donnell said no. Tony Blankley and Eleanor Clift said yes.
I said, you mean I get a choice?
It's easy for pundits to sit in their studios in New Jersey and declare they'd never set foot on a tube train. For me and mine, it's a bit more difficult.
I was packed in a Tube carriage the other day, close enough to feel the breath of the guy next to me, a dark skinned man in a safari jacket with a string hanging out.
It occurred to me if he pulled that string and a bomb exploded I'd be dead. A scary thought, but then, have you tried driving down the M40 lately? You're one lane change from a crash most times, and at 80+ mph a crash almost certainly means life support.
So yeah, riding the tube is a bit scarier these days. But life goes on.
