After a testing week which saw four fatalities and 40 injured following a terrorist incident in Westminster, ‘PrayForLondon‘ has been doing the rounds on social media. Happily, the BBC offered its own striking tribute to Keith Palmer — the police officer murdered in the attack — last night.
"Yes, you have the power to hurt us. Sometimes the hurt is more than we can bear. But you cannot defeat us" says @afneil opening #bbctw pic.twitter.com/VXGWb51kfL
— BBC This Week (@bbcthisweek) March 24, 2017
Speaking on This Week, Andrew Neil said Palmer’s action had served as a reminder that ‘the most important people in this country are not the rich, the powerful, the famous but those who run to confront the enemies of our civilisation while the rest of us are running away’:
‘I know there are still some jihadi johnniess out there who think they will eventually triumph because their love of death is greater than our love of life.
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