Hyde Park to host 7 July memorial

From BBC

Hyde Park to host 7 July memorial: "A memorial to the 52 victims of the 7 July bombings will be located in Hyde Park, the government has announced.

There had been initial plans for a memorial in Tavistock Square - site of one of the four attacks on 7 July 2005.

Following consultation with bereaved families, however, Hyde Park has been chosen 'due to its prominence, history and central London location'.

The government has committed up to £1 million to fund the memorial, first announced in February 2006.

'Fifty two innocent people were murdered on 7 July in the worst terrorist atrocity London has ever seen,' said Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell."

In theory this is brilliant.

In practice, you just KNOW that the Muslim Council will get involved and ensure that no reference will be made to Islamic extremism.

Who knows - maybe they'll go the full distance and get Ken to rededicate this a "memorial for all acts of violence, including Israeli state terrorism".

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