I would be very careful in publishing such "pat-in-the-back" articles. I remember reading a NYT article shortly after the Paris attacks that said something lik

I would be very careful in publishing such "pat-in-the-back" articles. I remember reading a NYT article shortly after the Paris attacks that said something like "this could never happen in the US" (because of better intelligence and integration), and then the San Bernardino shootings happened soon after and the Orlando shooting later... (found it: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/16/opinion/could-paris-happen-here.html http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/16/opinion/could-paris-happen...) While UK DOES have probably a better Intelligence than most European countries, it also has the advantages of being an island and being outside the Schengen area, so entry in the country is much easier to monitor by the authorities. It is also clear that, unlike UK, France has been singled out as the main EU target by the terrorists. Spain has been safe even longer than UK, and Italy has never been attacked, although both countries experience a constant flux of migrants from northern Africa and it's hard to think of their Intelligence agencies as better than the French one.