The mood around London darkened this week as news of a possible terror attack began to filter through – as it transpired, the worst strike on our nation’s capital since the July 7 bombings 12 years ago.

After the initial panic had subsided, and the national press had begun to paint a more accurate picture of events, the commentators and rent-a-gobs came out of the woodwork to offer their take on the tragedy.

There are few who are less revered than a certain The Apprentice reject, who biliously proclaimed Londoners were “cowed, afraid and not united”.

I may not have been at the scene myself but the pictures I saw reflected a starkly different reality.

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Yes, people were seen running from the scene – that’s only natural. Instead though my attention was drawn to the amazing capacity for selflessness shown by those civilians and emergency service workers first on the scene, who rushed to the aid of the stricken casualties.

Even before the paramedics arrived, not a single person was left lying alone, broken and bloodied, on that cold tarmac.

A message written on a board at Tower Hill tube station on Wednesday evening seemed to capture the mood of the nation: “The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of them all.”

And let it be known to anyone who seeks to divide a society like ours, regardless of whether they are a violent terrorist or an inflammatory social commentator – events like those seen on Wednesday will not drive a wedge between us but instead make our bonds tighter than ever before.

We remain unbowed in the face of adversity, and that truly is a thing of beauty.