WHAT DEFINES AN ACT OF TERRORISM?
There's been a lot of discussion lately about why some people are called terrorists, and others aren’t. What delineates an act of terrorism from other criminal acts such as homicide and mass murder?
Read MoreHas the head of MI5 just said they can't cope?
Seen in isolation, the head of MI5 giving unprecedented TV interviews might just be a new development in the way the British security services deal with the media. But when you put it into context with what else is happening in the UK and abroad right now, are we looking at an admission by MI5 that they are struggling to cope?
Read MoreExcuses, excuses, excuses...
Is the Manchester attack claimed by ISIS, a result of the West's failed War on Terror?
Read MoreTerror attack or just plain terrifying?
Another bad day for France.
Yesterday the words 'Terror' and 'Paris' occupied the headlines, again.
But was this really a terror attack, or just plain terrifying?
Read MoreAll change for terror targets: People not premises
As our security services and police became more proficient at spotting, in advance, those purchasing or acquiring the precursor materials for explosives - terror groups changed their approach.
Read MoreTHE FEAR FACADE
Terrorism is therefore defined by motive, and not method. Any act of violence, however small, could be a terrorist act if the motives of the attacker are political or ideological. Conversely, a large attack with purely criminal motivations is not terrorism.
Read MoreAfter Nice: Can We Protect Ourselves?
The assailant didn't use a firearm to kill and maim, and he didn't use explosives - he turned something that most of see and walk past every day, into a terrifyingly effective weapon.
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