Seemingly endless terror.

Every time something like this morning's events happen, we take stock and come to terms with those who put lives in danger for a cause that to most is not only downright inconceivable, but murderous and despicable. Fortunately, no one was killed today, but questions have to not only be asked (as politicians are so keen on saying time and time again), but also answered, and I'm relieved that I find myself not having to grieve once more over tragedy in the capital.

It's easy for the media and those in power to blame an 'other', which of course is just, and a completely normal reaction. But the attacks in Europe over recent years haven't been by an 'other' instead being the result of – the popular term – home-grown terrorists and terrorism.

Frankly, and I mean no offence in this, we as a society have failed. I don't wear rose tinted glasses. Nor do I sympathise with anyone who murders another being for whatever reason. I am a campaigner for equality, for brotherhood and for peace.

To me, there is no greater success to a society in which every creed is present, living together with multiple combinations of what define each and everyone of us, under a banner that reads humanity. Therefore, to have members of our society inflict this pain and suffering, in the light of day with blood on their hands strikes me as a fundamental flaw in society.

So what can be done? 

You read about the government wanting to clamp down on technology, but this unfairly and unjustly treats us all as suspects, not to be trusted, whilst those in power hide more and more away from prying eyes. The solution isn't to restrict freedoms of the masses, and instead as Londoners unfortunately are well versed to, we won't let this affect our society. We mourn, take stock and fight.

Truthfully, the responsibility lies not with one Prime Minister, or government. It lies with us, the society in which those who are indoctrinated believe they are enacting the will of their god in these actions. It is society's failings, and more accurately the majority's, in which a minority has felt segregated and marginalised. It is society as a whole who haven't spoken with their neighbours, found themselves in a community mixed with different people.

So if one thing comes from this seemingly endless terror, it is this: tomorrow and the day after, and the day after that continuously, we all need to take responsibility for our society. Speak with those of different opinions, skin colours, sexualities and find some common ground. We are a nation built of diversity – it would be a shame to lose all we are because of our own individual failure.