So, after all that fierce argument, it turns out the guy was innocent.
We'd started writing our leader column calling for a full inquiry into the events of the last few weeks, before we had confirmation that the Stockwell shooting was a horrible mistake. That demand is all the more pertinent now.
"Placing a full account of events in the public domain is the best way of helping all of us - government, intelligence and emergency services and citizens - achieve the correct balance between preserving traditional freedoms and accepting heightened security.
Fear and terror spread in the gaps where there is ignorance. Give us the full picture and let us judge for ourselves how and when to go about our business as usual."
