Original sentence: The potential of the tale to arouse controversy was again illustrated following the terrorist bombings in London on July 7, 2005, by the BBC's decision to cancel its broadcast of Greenmantle as its Classic Serial on Radio 4 that week
Edited sentence: The potential of the tale to arouse controversy was again illustrated following the terrorist bombings in London on July 7, 2005, by the BBC's predictable, cowardly decision to cancel its broadcast of Greenmantle as its Classic Serial on Radio 4 that week