Friday 7th July : Day 14

London has been remembering the actions of a small group of obsessive , politicised ego-maniacs who tried to change our whole way of thinking . But enough of Live8 .

The truth is that today's public outpouring of grief was too melodramatic and did in fact hand a victory to the 7/7 bombers. How can we say that they did not affect our way of life when central London came to a halt today ? The act of rememberance is noble , but fundamentally private . However , in this media driven age we feel obliged to turn such things into an 'event' .

The poor souls caught up in the bombings are not 'heros' as the hyped-up coverage suggests , but victims . Our attempts to glorify them smack of desperation and reveal how few real role models we have in modern society .

When you have a moral vacuum at the heart of Government it is not surprising that the rest of the country follows suit .

So rather than mourn so publicly we should perhaps take today to reflect on why we ever became victims of such an outrage .