Birmingham City Centre evacuated tonight

Central Birmingham is being evacuated.

My brother lives close to the central area and has heard controlled explosions go off. No one has been hurt and my instincts tell me this is really nothing to do with AQ. I suppose we are going to have to put up with such disruption for a while. No big deal as long as no one is harmed.

I don't live far away from the city centre either and was in town this afternoon. The place was bathed in sunshine and full of crowds enjoying the dragon boat events, our own version of the "London Eye," and a few beers. I thought it was an excellent "fuck you" to the terrorists. I was thinking that if I were a millionaire I would buy a round of drinks for everyone in Brindley Place.

Imagine how I felt when I saw this over at Europhobia then! A protest to say an official "fuck you" and the chance to buy the good people of London some beers!

The collective consciousness is a wonderful thing.

And so is the blogosphere. The Dead Tree Press are quite sniffy, and the TV news is so far totally ignorant about the political wing of this strange media, but I know where I went after I realised what was happening in London.

I have to go off again now and just make sure that my city really is safe.