Surgery again all morning until lunchtime – three in four days! Then back to the Three Compasses to meet Estelle, who campaigns for Kurdish rights and many other causes. Today we are discussing the coming review of the Terror Laws.

I agree with much of what she says, including the idea that sabre-rattling is the order of the day by the Government so they can continue to support the War on Terror and jump when Bush says.

I do wonder, given the stories now floating around about the police not believing the intelligence good enough to go in on Forrest Gate, whether the instruction came from the Government? Nothing surprises me any more.