I suppose the people of Manchester are outraged with last week's tragedy and understandably emotions are running high, then add your usual array of boneheads looking for anyone to blame and you have the rise in hate crime. I'm sure it'll return to normal in the next week or so.
Must confess I was a little surprised the threat level was dropped so quickly. I can only think that they must be confident that they've rounded up most if not all of the "Network" they were referring to midweek. We have a lot happening in London this weekend so I would have been tempted to keep everyone on their toes until next week. I'm working later on and expect it to be busier than normal underground, and we're not exactly difficult targets. I hope they're right.