Panic on the streets of London
Panic on the streets of Birmingham
The Smiths - Panic

So Morrisey’s two for two so far on which case it’ll be - in order - Carlisle, Dublin, Dundee and then Humberside next…

So maybe its not Al Qaeda after all, just a bunch of disgruntled Mancs who’re pissed off because their flowers have wilted in the recent heatwave - look guys, the secret’s nothing more complicated than a bit of John Innes No.1 in the back pocket of your jeans, right. There’s no need to take it out on us…

Birmingham City Centre’s been evacuated and cordoned off on thre back of ‘credible intelligence’ and now there’s talk of there having been controlled explosions heard.

Is it hoax? Some sort of copycat attack? Or is the same cowards who struck at London on Thursday.

I guess we’ll know by the morning.

But if it is an attempted terrorist attack and if those same bastards who bombed London hold any thoughts that we may somehow be different from Londoners, that maybe we’ll be the one’s to give in to fear then let me tell you, whoever you are, that you are in for one big fucking disappointment.

When you enter this city you enter the heart of this country, a heart forged in coal, iron and steel and in the sweat and toil of the ordinary working class people who built this nation of ours.

Do you really think that our resolve is any less than that of London?

Do you really think that that same spirit shown by Londoners on Thursday evaporates no soon as you get north of Watford?

No fucking way. Not in the past. Not now. Not ever.

Still, if you are in the Midlands, feel free to take a trip to the fine old cathedral city of Hereford while you’re here - we’ve a few lads there who would, I am quite sure, like a word or two with you.