So when is the bomb due to go off?

Politicians should be held first & foremost to account for one thing - the economy.

Any government which cannot deliver conditions in which full employment without under-employment (i.e. nobody trained as a top-grade scientist being forced to flip burgers as nothing else is available) exists, has failed in its mission and should be replaced by one that can deliver this.

Wealth has to be created if it is to be shared, so there is no point in taxing the wealthy out of existence, but the concept of sharing the wealth - at least through the creation of worthwhile jobs for everyone of whatever age who wants to work - is also vital.

Meanwhile the scare stories about terrorists usw need putting on the back burner. Vigilance is needed, but the difference between unemployment (a daily deteriorative process which causes poverty) and a bomb going off (a one-off occurrence which usually can have an exact date and place to it, given the rarity of the event) is obvious.

Dealing with the here and now and resolving the issues should be the priority. Being vigilant against morons wanting to spread a cause by violent means is important, but needs putting into perspective. And to remember - the chance of being blown up by a bomb is miniscule even compared with the chance of being killed in a road accident, and as nobody seems to want to stop people using cars ....

PS. Rereading this today (13/8/2025), I would also include that apart from scare stories about terrorists, all the xenophobic stories about foreigners and immigration (often omitting the significant word "illegal" in fornt of the word "immigrant) should also be put into perspective. 

Yes illegal immigrants should be sent home (to their country of origin, not to some obscure country which will take them!). And there should no claims for asylum which prevent that from happening. 

Apply to come legally as an asylum seeker and wait your turn in the queue!

The fact remains though that the far right extremists have no economic solution which will benefit working people, in many ways they are simply manipulating the population with xenophobia to ignore the economic facts of life and will eventually produce a society where wealth is concentrated in even fewer hands while the number of people living in poverty will increase. There is no way the economic agenda which they are promulgating will work in any other way.