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• London attack: Corbyn criticises Tories in terror speech

  04-06-2017 23:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Labour leader attacks police cuts as he restarts general election campaigning.
  
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• Theresa May's 'Endless Cuts' Slammed By Ex-Counter Terror Chief Jim Gamble After London Bridge Attack

  04-06-2017 21:53
  
  A former counter-terrorism chief has lambasted Theresa May’s “endless cuts” to police numbers and warned that the London Bridge attack should make all politicians “reflect” on the damage done by austerity.
  Jim Gamble, the former head of Special Branch in Belfast, accused the Prime Minister of trying to “asset strip the critical services who in times of trouble make the real difference”.
  Blogging for HuffPost UK, Gamble – who also headed the police&
  
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• Theresa May 'responsible' if UK soft on extremists

  04-06-2017 21:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Leanne Wood made the comments following the terror attack in London on Saturday evening.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn criticises 'policing on the cheap'

  04-06-2017 20:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Labour leader criticises the government as he restarts campaigning after the London terror attack.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn Condemns Theresa May's Police Cuts After London Bridge Terror Attack

  04-06-2017 20:03
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has condemned Theresa May’s police cuts in a bruising assault on the Prime Minister less than 24 hours after the London Bridge terror attacks.
  In a speech in Carlisle addressing the terror attack in London, the Labour leader will point to 20,000 police officers being cut and argue national security cannot be done “on the cheap”.
  The robust comments are striking since Labour and the Conservative Party had suspended election campaigning following the terror rampage
  
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• May vows to ramp up battle with extremism after London Bridge attack

  04-06-2017 19:51 via ft.com
  PM wants tougher penalties, stronger counter-terror laws and action from tech groups
  
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• Theresa May faces test as she seeks tougher approach on terror

  04-06-2017 19:48 via ft.com
  Plan to strengthen state powers set for opposition from rights groups and parliament
  
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• May announces four-point plan to confront Islamist extremism

  04-06-2017 19:48 via ft.com
  Prime minister marks big shift in approach as she declares ‘enough is enough’
  
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• Facebook, Twitter and Google face criticism following London attack

  04-06-2017 19:24 via ft.com
  Why are tech companies being blamed by Theresa May?
  
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• Vibrant corner of London unbowed by terror attack

  04-06-2017 18:57 via ft.com
  Area around Borough Market is one of the capital’s biggest tourist draws
  
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• Sadiq Khan Has 'More Important Things To Do' Than Respond To 'Ill-Informed' Donald Trump Tweets

  04-06-2017 18:36
  
  Sadiq Khan has “more important things to do” than respond to Donald Trump’s “ill-informed” tweets, the London Mayor’s spokesman has said after the US President goaded the British politician in the aftermath of terror attacks on the UK capital.
  Trump was accused of “fake news” after taking Khan’s call for Londoners to stay calm out of context.
  Khan, the first elected Muslim mayor of a European city, said there was “no reason to
  
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• London attack: General election will go ahead on 8 June, says May

  04-06-2017 18:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  National campaigning suspended for day but PM says violence must not stop democratic process.
  
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• DIY attackers opt for soft targets, exposing security holes

  04-06-2017 18:19 via ft.com
  Self-starter terrorists are turning their focus to places of everyday life and leisure
  
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• A night of terror in London Bridge attack

  04-06-2017 17:48 via ft.com
  Rapid response sees police shoot three suspects shortly after first alert
  
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• Trump criticises London mayor after terrorist incident

  04-06-2017 16:14 via ft.com
  US president’s tweets contrast with messages from other world leaders
  
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• Trump criticises London mayor after terrorist attack

  04-06-2017 16:14 via ft.com
  US president’s tweets contrast with messages from other world leaders
  
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• May says ‘enough is enough’ after London Bridge terror attack

  04-06-2017 15:49 via ft.com
  Police arrest 12 in raids following assault that left 7 dead and 48 injured
  
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• London Bridge Attack: Donald Trump Accused Of 'Fake News' Over Tweets Attacking Sadiq Khan

  04-06-2017 15:49
  
  Donald Trump has been accused of “fake news” after he lashed out at Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, and his response to last night’s terror attack. 
  Seven people were killed and at least 48 injured after a van ploughed into pedestrians on London Bridge and three men carried out knife attacks in nearby Borough Market. 
  In a statement this morning, Khan warned Londoners there will be an increased police presence in the capital over the next few days, adding that there
  
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• Theresa May Accused of Playing Politics Over London Bridge Attack, Faces Backlash Over Anti-Terror Plan

  04-06-2017 15:42
  
  Theresa May has sparked a fierce backlash over her new anti-terror plan amid claims that she broke a political truce agreed in the wake of the London Bridge attack.
  Labour’s Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry said that she “regretted” the Prime Minister’s announcement of a new crackdown on the steps of No.10 Downing Street just hours after the killings.
  Thornberry was among many to claim that May’s statement effectively breached the cross-party agreement to s
  
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• Eight minutes of terror in London Bridge attack

  04-06-2017 15:27 via ft.com
  Rapid response sees police shoot three suspects shortly after first alert
  
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• Theresa May warns tech companies ‘no safe space’ for extremists

  04-06-2017 13:32 via ft.com
  UK prime minister calls for international action to regulate cyber space
  
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• Theresa May’s statement on the London Bridge attack

  04-06-2017 13:26 via ft.com
  ‘We believe we are experiencing a new trend in the threat we face’
  
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• Election will go ahead as planned despite terror attack, says May

  04-06-2017 13:03 via ft.com
  Main parties suspend campaigning for a day but all agree voting must proceed
  
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• London attack: Election to go ahead as planned, says May

  04-06-2017 12:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Theresa May says the general election will not be delayed after another terrorist attack in the UK.
  
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• Theresa May Signals Tougher Anti-Terror Laws As She Says 'Enough Is Enough' After London Bridge Attack

  04-06-2017 12:14
  
  Theresa May has vowed “enough is enough” on Islamist terrorism as she signalled tougher counter-terrorism laws in the wake of the London Bridge attack.
  Despite announcing a one-day suspension in campaigning for the general election, the Prime Minister set out a four-point political response to the incident that left seven dead and nearly 50 injured on Saturday night.
  Speaking on the steps of No.10 Downing Street, May suggested for the first time that she would increase jail sentences
  
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• Seven killed in London terrorist attack

  04-06-2017 11:55 via ft.com
  Police shoot dead 3 suspects after assaults at London Bridge and Borough Market
  
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• World leaders react to London Bridge attacks

  04-06-2017 11:42 via ft.com
  Politicians express outrage after terrorist incidents in UK capital
  
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• Senior Labour And Tory Figures Say General Election Will Go Ahead As Planned

  04-06-2017 11:09
  
  Senior Tory and Labour figures this morning said the general election must go ahead as planned on June 8.
  Brexit secretary David Davis and shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry told the BBC’s Andrew Marr they felt polling day should not be postponed in the wake of the terror attack on London Bridge, which left seven dead and dozens injured.
  National election campaigning was suspended on Sunday, but Davis said he felt the suspension would be short and that the country was ‘locked
  
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• UK election campaigning suspended again after London Bridge attack

  04-06-2017 10:53 via ft.com
  Theresa May convenes Cobra emergency committee with only days to go until voting
  
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• Debate Sparked As Tories and Labour Suspend National Election Campaigning In Wake Of London Bridge Attack

  04-06-2017 09:14
  
  The Tories, Labour and Lib Dems have suspended national election campaigning in the wake of the terror attack on London Bridge, sparking a debate on the political response to the incident which left seven people dead.
  Three suspects were shot dead by armed police after a van ploughed into pedestrians, followed by a stabbing attack at nearby Borough Market.  Dozens of people were injured, some seriously.
  The Conservatives said the party would not campaign nationally on Sunday, as Theresa May
  
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• Six killed in London terror attack

  04-06-2017 08:47 via ft.com
  Armed police shoot dead three suspects after assaults at London Bridge and Borough Market
  
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• How winning could mean losing for Theresa May

  04-06-2017 06:03 via ft.com
  A leader who wanted to project an image of steely resolve seems distinctly flappable
  
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• Labour braced for significant losses in north and Midlands

  04-06-2017 06:02 via ft.com
  Theresa May seen as best leader in Brexit-voting towns, say candidates
  
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• Leaders react to London Bridge attacks

  04-06-2017 05:51 via ft.com
  Politicians from around the world express outrage after terrorist incidents
  
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• Terror attack strikes London

  04-06-2017 03:06 via ft.com
  Police swarm streets after incidents at London Bridge and Borough Market
  
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• Election 2017: What do leaders do in their spare time?

  04-06-2017 02:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A look at some of the personal passions and pastimes of the UK's political leaders.
  
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• Labour must start standing up for the ‘left behind’ | Nick Cohen

  04-06-2017 01:21 via theguardian.com
  
  The party has too long ignored the plight of its core voters, especially in the northWhatever the result, Labour’s woes will not pass with this election, for they are woes that afflict social democrats and progressives across the west. Parties that knew how to fight free-market conservatives are struggling against the new nationalist right in Britain, the US and large parts of Europe.Nowhere is the struggle more evident than in the north of England. Gleeful predictions of Ukip wiping out L
  
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• Britain is being led to an epic act of national self-harm | Will Hutton

  04-06-2017 01:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Our exit strategy from the EU is a shambles and threatens to do us irreparable damageEvery day in Britain, 14,000 trucks come from and head to the European Union. If there is no Brexit deal with the EU, is every one of those trucks going to be inspected as they bring vital food and goods into the UK to see that the right tariff is being charged and correct regulation observed? If some trucks get delayed or traffic volumes plummet, who will organise food rationing in our supermarkets? Five days b
  
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• What five different election outcomes will mean for Britain

  04-06-2017 01:05 via theguardian.com
  
  The polls point to a range of scenarios on Thursday – we look at their consequencesBLUE HEAVENConservative majority 80 or more Continue reading...
  
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• Theresa May slithers through the political jungle

  04-06-2017 01:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Chris Riddell on the Conservative leader’s plea to the electorate Continue reading...
  
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• The Observer’s undecided voters: four days to go

  04-06-2017 01:05 via theguardian.com
  
  After the TV showdowns and last-minute campaigning, it’s crunch time. What is our panel’s final verdict?Raheela Shah, 21
  Tooting, south London
  Raheela Shah feels a lot has happened this week, what with finishing her exams and catching up with the news, but thinks it was a “clever decision” for Jeremy Corbyn to appear in the leaders’ debate. “It made May a target, as she came across as complacent, but at least Corbyn was able to defend himself in person,”
  
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• Party manifestos at a glance

  04-06-2017 01:05 via theguardian.com
  
  If you’re still deciding who to vote for, here’s a capsule summary of the main parties’ policies on five key areasOr, for a more in-depth analysis, try our interactiveBrexit Leave the single market and customs union. Maintain a common travel area with a ‘frictionless’ border with Ireland. No deal with the EU is better than a bad deal. Reduce immigration to ‘sustainable’ levels, meaning annual net migration only in the tens of thousands. Continue reading.
  
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• Oops, David Cameron has put his foot in it again | Barbara Ellen

  04-06-2017 01:05 via theguardian.com
  
  It’s never a good time to see a former prime minister’s feetThere has been a degree of sniffiness concerning the photo of David and Samantha Cameron’s naked feet as they holiday at the Alcuzcusz resort in Andalucía, to celebrate their wedding anniversary, which was posted on the latter’s Instagram account. I don’t mean sniffiness in olfactory terms: the feet look well maintained, without a verruca in sight, nor any telltale rub-marks indicating that the Camer
  
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• How Theresa May went from supreme confidence to doubt and panic

  04-06-2017 01:05 via theguardian.com
  
  It was supposed to be a coronation for Queen Theresa … but that was back in April. Now, as the Tory leader found on the campaign trail in Yorkshire, nothing can be taken for grantedIn an attempt to show that she is still on course to win large numbers of seats from Labour in the north of England, Theresa May arrived in her Tory battlebus at an industrial park in South Kirkby, near Pontefract, last Thursday afternoon. This part of West Yorkshire is regarded as rock-solid Labour territory.
  
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• General election 2017: what have we learned from the campaign?

  04-06-2017 01:05 via theguardian.com
  
  We ask respected commentators what lessons – if any – can be drawn from the build-up to polling dayContinue reading...
  
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• From the NME to No 10 – could the youth vote win Corbyn the election?

  04-06-2017 01:05 via theguardian.com
  
  A poll putting Labour just three points behind the Conservatives is being put down to a leftwing surge among young voters, but not everyone is convincedIt may be less than a week away, but election fever isn’t exactly sweeping across the University of Derby. Among the students still milling around the campus’s lunch tables, bookshop and career advice stalls, the most pressing decision being mulled is where to watch Saturday’s Champions League final.But if the student body isn&r
  
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• The Maybot and Monsieur Zen. A drama that didn’t obey the script | Andrew Rawnsley

  04-06-2017 01:04 via theguardian.com
  
  This strangest of election campaigns has raised many questions about Britain’s future and provided few answersHow long ago it seems, that sunny April day when Mrs May came out into Downing Street to say that she would be calling the early election that she had previously and many times disavowed. How long ago it seems, especially to her. What Tories assumed would be a smoothly regal progress back to power with an engorged majority has been a much more torrid affair than they anticipated. M
  
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• The marginal battlegrounds that could decide the UK’s future

  04-06-2017 01:04 via theguardian.com
  
  With the Conservative lead in the polls dwindling and Labour support surging, both main parties will be focusing on the seats that could swing this week’s resultIn every election there are classic marginal seats, where small majorities leave them vulnerable to even minor shifts in the public mood. Assuming that there is at least some nationwide swing to the Conservatives, as all the polling still suggests, these will be high on the Tory wishlist. There are 30 seats with a Labour majority o
  
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• Election diary: Miliband’s tweets, Sam Cam’s feet and Corbyn’s cat | Helen Lewis

  04-06-2017 01:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Highlights from the last full week of the 2017 campaignPaul Nuttall had a tough time at the second-tier leaders’ debate in Cambridge, which wasn’t so much a Rumble in the Jungle as a Pub Brawl in a Hall. Although the Ukip leader managed not to forget any of the women’s names, he faced a drubbing from Leanne Wood of Plaid Cymru over the “divorce bill” from the EU. “‘We all know about blokes like you,” she told him. “You want a free divorce? It
  
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• Corbyn and Labour surge but Tories are favourites thanks to ‘grey vote’

  04-06-2017 01:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Labour has only a narrow path to an upset, while the Conservatives can depend on their most reliable supportersWhen Theresa May announced the snap election in mid-April, most expected a dull campaign and a foregone conclusion. The prime minister had strong approval ratings and the Conservative party had a huge lead over the Labour opposition. The election looked like an easy way for the Tories to lock in their advantages over a weak opponent.We should have known better. As the great political ph
  
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