LONDON TERROR ATTACKS - THE METRO-READER TAKE

Londoners have been said to be donning their stoical hats in the wake of July's terrorist attacks and adopting an attitude of "business as usual". Our Urban Life research supports this theory, with 4 in 10 of you from London saying your fear levels are currently low with regards to commuting in central London and a further 40% saying your fear of travelling is only middling. What's more, our macho males are claiming to be much less scared than the women (43% with low fear levels versus 31% respectively). One in ten London Urban Lifers have however minimised their use of the tube for the time being but a mere 2% actually say they've stopped using it altogether. Bus journeys have been even less affected.

Yet despite this admirable resilience of the majority of Londoners, you are by no means immune to the threat the terrorists pose. A third of you now make a point of looking at fellow commuters for suspicious behaviour and a further 57% say that although you don't make a point of it, you are most definitely more aware of your surroundings. What's more, not to be overlooked, are the fifth of London Urban Lifers who are currently highly fearful of commuting in central London. 17% have even had thoughts about moving away from London in the next 12 months, although this is likely to diminish should time progress with no further attacks.

...And the view from outside London

Outside London opinion is quite split. Half of Urban Lifers in other cities say your "fear levels" are low in terms of terrorist attacks happening soon in your cities but the other half describe your fear as being medium to high. Fear levels in Birmingham are running the highest of all our Metro cities. Nonetheless a quarter of this group did admit that London's terrorist attacks have made you more reluctant to travel to the capital for business or pleasure.

Courses of action

Government: Urban Lifers cited tighter immigration laws and better-guarded borders as the one thing you'd most like the government to do to try and make Britain safer from terrorism (35%). Following that, you'd like to see the deportation of radical Muslim clerics who incite hatred (16%). When questioned directly about this issue of radical Muslim clerics, a huge 70% said they should be deported or imprisoned for the crime of inciting terrorism.

ID cards: This remains a very controversial issue with only a quarter of you thinking that they should be introduced for all UK citizens as soon as possible. A third sit at the other end of the spectrum and think the idea would be a waste of taxpayers money and should be dropped. 31% can see the benefit but still have some reservations.

Immigration: Urbanite attitude towards immigration is predominantly one of "with rights comes responsibility". 81% of you said immigrants should be free to choose what they maintain of their original national identity and yet a desire to integrate should also be shown.

Police powers: Urban Life members essentially think the police should have more power. We asked you about police holding terrorist suspects for longer without charge, tapping suspects' phones and having more stop and search powers. A quarter are definitely up for this, even at the expense of civil liberties and over half (52%) say it is probably a good idea but only under very close scrutiny