London Mayor Ken Livingstone said: “I want to say one thing,

specifically to the world today – this was not a terrorist attack

against the mighty and the powerful, it was not aimed at presidents or

prime ministers, it was aimed at ordinary, working-class Londoners,

black and white, Muslim and Christian … young and old … that isn’t

an ideology, it isn’t even a perverted fate, it is an indiscriminate

attempt at mass murder.”

“They seek to divide London, they seek Londoners to turn against each

other … this city of London is the greatest in the world because

everybody lives side by side in harmony. Londoners will not be divided

by this cowardly attack.”

Livingstone also had words specifically for the terrorists: “I know that

you personally do not fear to give your own life in exchange to taking

others [that is why you are so dangerous] … but I know you do fear you

may fail in your long-term objective to destroy our free society … in

the days that follow, look at our airports, look at our seaports and

look at our railway stations … you will see that people from the rest

of Britain, people from around the world, will arrive in London to

become Londoners, to fulfill their dream and achieve their potential …

whatever you do, however many you kill, you will fail.”

(Hat tip: e-mailer Richard)