“You think you will defeat us?”

then –

“Let me take you by the hand
and lead you through the streets of London
I’ll show you something
to make you change your mind”

These lyrics from well-known folk singer Ralph McTell are on a handwritten note which is to be found among the many offerings commemorating the dead at London’s Kings Cross station.

These days we have seen a lot of bravado going the rounds. I’m no hero, I’ll settle for this. I think I’ll save the whooping and the whirling for when we have won.