The Professionals. Photograph: PA
It is early still, but the impression coming from eyewitness accounts and news reports is that London's emergency services and transport staff have covered themselves in glory today.
We have known for some time that the city had contingency plans in place in the event of a large scale terrorist attack. The evidence so far suggests those plans were well rehearsed and effectively implemented when the time came.
London is jarred by shock, stung by grief, but not fraught with panic. The Observer blog expects nothing less from its native city, which happens also to be the coolest place on earth.
