Bombings

Tony Blair oversaw the greatest bombings and terror alerts on our mainland in the UK’S history. The July 7th bombings of 2005 saw 52 commuters die (coincidentally, the same number of UK deaths in the Afghan war) and over 700 injured. Two weeks later a second series of explosions occurred on the London Underground and a London bus, but the main charges failed to explode.

The July 7th bombings were notable for a number of reasons: they were the first suicide bombings in Western Europe; they were the deadliest bombing of London since the Blitz of World War Two; it was the deadliest terrorist attack on UK soil since the Lockerbie disaster and more people were killed than in any Provisional IRA attack that occurred during the Troubles.

Responsibility for the attacks has been claimed by people claiming to represent al-Quida, and the motivation for them has been retaliation for the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq.