I’m a bit nonplussed as to what’s happening over there. All the reports from Sky that Fox is showing indicate that this was a timed, coordinated attack, but…nothing really happened. Three possibilities spring to my mind: 1) This was an attempt at an unconventional attack, but reports from The Oval station indicate no chemical presence; 2) They’re incompetent and the bombs just failed to go off properly – one eyewitness said that a man carrying a rucksack looked as if something had gone wrong before dumping the bag and running; or 3) They’re just trying to demonstrate thay still have the capability, but in which case why expose themselves? The timing is also odd – lunchtime would not inflict as many casualties as the rush hour. So I’m tending towards the incompetence theory at the moment.

Tony Blair should be speaking very soon.