Principles of defiance

Good to see that just as the Prime Minister foresaw a couple of weeks ago, the terror attacks would not compromise our values. Unless of course you mean values about justice where new anti-terror legislation can be rushed through parliament. Or more manifestly where the police can justify shooting a man on the ground point blank in the head on the basis that he came out of a flat that was under investigation and disregarded warnings that no one else heard.
Let's not try to justify actions on the basis of being scared: if you want to live in a sane society you cannot base its rules on fear that someone might break them. Take a step back and legislate in a moment of calm and clarity or we too will have a Patriot Act. And if you really want to show this famous defiance you vaunt so much, don't change your principles in the face of terror.