Katie Hopkins has been slammed for saying Brits are “afraid and disunited” in the aftermath of the London terror attack.

The controversial columnist appeared on Fox News following the attack on Westminster which killed four and left seven in hospital fighting for life.

She told Americans: “People are cowed, people are afraid and people are not united.”

Angry Londoners immediately hit back, saying she had no right to speak on their behalf. One furious Londoner wrote: “F*** off Katie Hopkins, we’re doing just fine thanks.”

Around 40 people were injured on Wednesday afternoon as a car mowed down pedestrians on Westminster Bridge while terrified tourists ran for their lives.

The terrorist then stabbed a policeman before being shot dead by armed officers near the Houses of Parliament.

Hopkins, whose columns feature her highly controversial views, said: “What I’m tired of hearing on the media everywhere at the moment here is ‘we will not be cowed by terror, we stand united.

“Because the big news is that’s the message in London. That is not the message here in the UK.

“Great Britain is more disunited… than any time in its past.”

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However, Britons were quick to slam her views online, reminding the US that Hopkins is a “despicable troll” who is “despised by the UK”.

Tory MP James Cleverly, who today paid tribute to his friend PC Keith Palmer who was killed in the attack, hit back, saying: "I'm on a train heading towards Westminster. No one is cowed, afraid or divided. Please stop your stupid attention seeking comments."

Chris Owen wrote: “hey Americans - just to remind you, Katie Hopkins represents the voice of *f*** all* of the UK.”

Singer Chris TT added: “Hello Fox. fyi we are not afraid, nor disunited. @KTHopkins speaks for herself + tiny minority.”

Hat Tottins said: “Katie Hopkins does not speak for most people she is a one-off. We R sad & united, not cowed. Common sense not nonsense.”

Another summed up the ill-feeling by writing: “Dear @FoxNews NO no no no no no. We're fine. Please ignore her.”

Gerard McSwiney commented: “We’re united in thinking Katie Hopkins is an idiot.”

Jack Evans said: “This gargoyle is talking nonsense. I am in London. No one is cowed, we are not afraid and we stand together.”

Hopkins was also criticised for a column on Mail Online about the attacks, in which she said she fears "we are broken".

"Please, no hashtag, no vigil, no tea lights. I am begging you not to light up Parliament in the colours of the Union," she wrote.

"Because we are not united. We are wrenched asunder."

This morning defiant Londoners made their way to work shaken but undeterred, yards from the scene of the terror attack.

Police ushered commuters past deserted cordoned off streets which are normally packed with rush hour traffic. A helicopter circled overhead.

Kate Cornish, who works for the Department of Education which was put on lockdown during the terror attack, said: "Brits are quite stoic. I think it's carrying on as normal, it's the style."

She said the mood on the commute was "flattened" but workers were continuing with their daily lives.

"It's shocking. I'm a civil servant and it will have an effect at work," she said

"It's hard to carry on with your normal responsibilities."

"It's more the impact on your friends, checking how you are."

Four people including police officer Keith Palmer were killed in the terror attack on Westminster on Wednesday afternoon.

Spanish teacher Aysha Fade, who has two young children, was also among those killed, as well as a man aged in his 50s.

Police carried out six raids on addresses in London and Birmingham after the attack. Seven people were arrested.