Amanda's birthday today so I delivered her presents to the hospital (and then brought them all back once she'd opened them). We had the midwife talk us though what'll happen tomorrow, suffice to say we're quite excited.

So, the six men accused of the 21 July 2005 bombing attempts in London appeared in court today. If they're guilty I sincerely hope they are found to be so by the jury. That being said, Five Live reported that one of the pieces of 'evidence' of their guilt presented to the court was that some of them had been under police surveillance before the event. That, I have to point out, is not evidence of guilt. Plenty of people over the years have been the subject of police interest and surveillance for no better reason than they matched the current 'boogeyman' profile. I've talked about this before. I am saddened that the police service in which my father served and my brother now serves is used by this repressive government regime.