As Cameron and his small group of aides flew to London, he was briefed on all the latest developments. With the Prime Minister’s agreement, the RAF steward photographed Cameron while he spoke to Cobra. In years to come, the pictures would be reproduced in hundreds of documentaries and books, as Cameron learnt the full extent to which Britain was being attacked.
The Square Mile had collapsed and all financial trading had ceased. The National Air Traffic Services were still down and, although there had been no crashes, there was a realistic fear that some were almost bound to happen.
Several water companies had announced that they were immediately stopping supplies to some six million people, as fluoride readings had been dangerously high. At the very least, the levels recorded would cause millions of people to have severe stomach upsets. At worst, they could irreparably damage the kidneys of thousands.
As well as this, the four biggest supermarket giants were reporting that their supply-chain systems had crashed, and at least seven major fuel terminals were having problems controlling their valve systems.
By now, it was becoming obvious to the media and the public that something was very badly wrong.
As well as news about air traffic control and the banks, people found that their mobile phones were starting to lose both voice and data connections. In urban areas people were reporting that the traffic lights had gone haywire. It was like that scene in The Italian Job where criminals hack the city’s traffic management system, they said.
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