What the hell happened to the stiff upper lip?!?!

The scenes @ Oxford Circus today?....... good grief. An unsubstantiated something from nowhere starts a panic rippling through the heart of the west end, with people fleeing like frightened rabbits. The Soho bomber never managed to invoke this level of panic. The IRA wished they could have made Londoners react like this. Hitler could not manage it, and yet we see the lock down of the heart of the capital over nothing. No suspects, no shots fired, no casualties and yet there was a human stampede. I get that people are more aware at the moment after London Bridge and Westminster, but it seems to me when we are under attack our stiff upper lip is proudly on display, this afternoon, not so much...no attack and no stiff upper lip. Does anyone else think it a tad embarrassing?

As a caveat I will say I was raised in Belfast in the troubles so I am hardier than most when it comes to 'terror' scares. Been there, done that.....again.....and again....and again.....Also been there and done that for actual terror, of course.