[Clara Lou]

Well, I certainly hope that the government isn't listening to any terrorist phone conversations or checking any terrorist email. It's an invasion of privacy. So is scanning for radiation. Better people die than have any of that going on.

[ncountylee]

The ROP has changed much of the world since 9/11.

[Republic_of_Secession.]

Seems this change is letting the terrorists have control.

[mtbopfuyn]

But how soon will the British forget about their 9/11?

[OldPossum]

I suppose that the British people are going to have to choose between safety that is obtained by tough measures and "friendly policing" and other touchy-feeling aspects of liberalism.

It's a new world, folks.

[Canard]

Patent tosh. There were security barriers in place and armed police patrolling at sensitive sites in London well before last year. And as for 'no bins on stations', that has been the case since the mid 80's when the IRA started putting bombs in them. I certainly don't have 'flashbacks' to July 7th whenever I go down an underground escalator!

This article sounds like wish thinking, rather than any attempt to actually find out the real situation.