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London attack: Corbyn says May should resign over police funding record – latest updates London attack: Corbyn says May should resign over police funding record – latest updates
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Harriet Sherwood
The Muslim Council of Britain has said it agrees with Theresa May that “enough is enough” in relation to extremism and pledged to work in partnership with the government and the prime minister to “keep our country safe”.Harun Khan, secretary-general of the MCB, an umbrella organisation, said he was angry about the London Bridge attack and “we want to do something about it”.
Speaking on behalf of the MCB’s affiliates, he added: “That is why we agree with the prime minister that things must change. Enough is enough.
“We are ready to have those difficult conversations, as equal citizens with an equal stake in this fight.
“I am pleased that the prime minister is speaking about conversation: it implies that we must listen to one another and work together to be part of a truly United Kingdom.”
Khan said it was in everyone’s interest to stop the perpetrators of such attacks.
“We know that many of these people have previously led a life of delinquency. It is often the case that the path towards extremism is outside of the mosque and at the margins of society.
“We are all grappling with this hateful ideology. This is an ideology that makes killing and hating cool, and uses the words of Islam as a cloak to justify it.
“As one expert has said, this not a radicalisation of Islam, but Islamisation of radicalism.”
British Muslims must play their part in turning “people’s minds away from this death cult,” said Khan.
The MCB would escalate its campaign for a “grassroots response to the terrorist challenge”.
Mosques would be encouraged to report suspicious activity. “We will also extend our hand of partnership and cooperation to the government and prime minister, to work together keep our country safe.”
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Helena Smith
A Greek man who was among those injured in Saturday night’s attack has been identified as Antonis Filis.
The émigré, who was knifed in the kidney and whose plight first became known via a video posted on the Sun’s website, has been identified as the 35-year-old grandson of a former mayor of Lamia, in central Greece.
Greece’s state news agency said Filis, who also sustained head injuries, had been with his girlfriend in Borough market when he was stabbed by the assailants. He is currently recovering in a London hospital after being operated on.
“We are in open contact with doctors and they say he is out of danger,” his father, Giorgos, was quoted as saying.
Filis, who works for a company in London, moved to the UK after failing to find work in Greece at the height of the country’s economic crisis in 2011. In a snatched mobile phone conversation caught on camera moments after the attack, he is heard in Greek telling an interlocutor that he is bleeding and doctors are attending to him.
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Philip Oltermann
The German foreign office has confirmed that at least two German citizens were injured in Saturday night’s attack, one of them sustaining serious injuries.
A spokesperson for the foreign office would not confirm whether the two victims were tourists or German citizens based in the UK.
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At his news briefing with Cressida Dick, Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, said he was “furious” about the terrorists using Islam to try to justify what they did.
The act of these three men on Saturday night was cowardly, was evil. And I’m angry and furious that these three men are seeking to justify their action by using the faith that I belong to in order to justify their actions.
The ideology they follow is perverse, it is poisonous, and it has no place in Islam. And I condemn this terrorist attack but also the poisonous ideology these men and others follow.
He said there would be a vigil at Potters Field Park at 6pm tonight to remember the victims, to thank the police and emergency services and to show “that London won’t be cowed by terrorism”.
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Critically injured falls to 18
Denis Campbell
Three of those injured in the attacks are no longer being treated in critical care but are still in hospital, NHS England has just said in a brief update.
That means the number of casualties receiving critical care has fallen from 21 yesterday to 18.
King’s College hospital, the Royal London hospital and University College hospital now each have one fewer casualty receiving such care. King’s now has seven patients in that category, the Royal London has five and UCLH has one.
However, all 36 people admitted due to their injuries were still being cared for in those three hospitals or at St Mary’s or St Thomas’s, NHS England said.
It gave no other details about the condition of any of the injured.
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The British Red Cross has set up an appealon the fundraising platform JustGiving to support the victims and their families. The British Red Cross has set up an appeal on the fundraising platform JustGiving to support the victims and their families.
Thee UK Solidarity Fund has already raised over £70,000 with support from more thanr 3,000 people. All proceeds will support those affected by the terrorist events in London and Manchester and any similar incidents in the future in the UK. The UK Solidarity Fund has already raised more than £70,000 from more than 3,000 people. All proceeds will support those affected by the terrorist events in London and Manchester and any similar incidents in the future in the UK.
The appeal comes after a Red Cross JustGiving page raised more than £1.3m for the victims of the Manchester attack.The appeal comes after a Red Cross JustGiving page raised more than £1.3m for the victims of the Manchester attack.
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Here are some more lines from Jeremy Corbyn’s inteview with ITV News.Here are some more lines from Jeremy Corbyn’s inteview with ITV News.
Corbyn criticised the government for cutting police numbers but declined to say that that made Theresa May to some extent responsible for what happened on Saturday night. Asked if he held May “in any way” responsible and if the cuts to the police had contributed to the London Bridge atrocity, he replied:Corbyn criticised the government for cutting police numbers but declined to say that that made Theresa May to some extent responsible for what happened on Saturday night. Asked if he held May “in any way” responsible and if the cuts to the police had contributed to the London Bridge atrocity, he replied:
The primary responsibility for this lies with those who did it, they killed people in cold blood in a disgusting and appalling way and there’s no words other than total condemnation.The primary responsibility for this lies with those who did it, they killed people in cold blood in a disgusting and appalling way and there’s no words other than total condemnation.
On the issues of policing, the government has been warned repeatedly about police cuts, and the Police Federation and many others [have said] how 20,000 have gone down over the past seven years.On the issues of policing, the government has been warned repeatedly about police cuts, and the Police Federation and many others [have said] how 20,000 have gone down over the past seven years.
We’ve said we’d put 10,000 back immediately and also increase the number of security officers that are available, because clearly intelligence is a very important part of this.We’ve said we’d put 10,000 back immediately and also increase the number of security officers that are available, because clearly intelligence is a very important part of this.
He denied ever opposing police being allowed to operate a “shoot-to-kill” policy when lives are at risk. The Tories have repeated accused Corbyn of opposing shoot-to-kill, on the basis of an interview he gave to the BBC in 2015, and May raised this again in her speech and Q&A this morning. But Corbyn said his comments had been taken out of context and the BBC Trust had concluded that the BBC report did not accurately report what he meant. He said:He denied ever opposing police being allowed to operate a “shoot-to-kill” policy when lives are at risk. The Tories have repeated accused Corbyn of opposing shoot-to-kill, on the basis of an interview he gave to the BBC in 2015, and May raised this again in her speech and Q&A this morning. But Corbyn said his comments had been taken out of context and the BBC Trust had concluded that the BBC report did not accurately report what he meant. He said:
I have not changed my mind on shoot-to-kill. The criticisms that were made of me were I think wrong and unfair and indeed the BBC Trust upheld an objection on this.I have not changed my mind on shoot-to-kill. The criticisms that were made of me were I think wrong and unfair and indeed the BBC Trust upheld an objection on this.
As far as I am concerned the police act, as they did on Saturday, as they did in Manchester, in defence of innocent life. That is a reasonable and proportionate response, as happened in Westminster.As far as I am concerned the police act, as they did on Saturday, as they did in Manchester, in defence of innocent life. That is a reasonable and proportionate response, as happened in Westminster.
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Matthew TaylorMatthew Taylor
In Barking, another neighbour said the suspected attacker wearing an Arsenal top when he was killed by the police “had issues”, and described an ongoing dispute over parking.In Barking, another neighbour said the suspected attacker wearing an Arsenal top when he was killed by the police “had issues”, and described an ongoing dispute over parking.
Asim Oddin, 39, who lived near the suspect in Barking, said: “He used to park outside the flats which isn’t allowed and blocked everybody. We had an altercation when I told him not to park here. He said not to follow the system; he was quite rude.” Asim Oddin, 39, who lived near the suspect, said: “He used to park outside the flats which isn’t allowed and blocked everybody. We had an altercation when I told him not to park here. He said not to follow the system; he was quite rude.”
Oddin also described how the man would bring shopping home from the local supermarket in a trolley.Oddin also described how the man would bring shopping home from the local supermarket in a trolley.
“Who does that? It’s just odd. He definitely had issues.”“Who does that? It’s just odd. He definitely had issues.”
THE SUN: Jihadi killer in an Arsenal shirt #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/n6pc7xr7JpTHE SUN: Jihadi killer in an Arsenal shirt #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/n6pc7xr7Jp
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Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, and Cressida Dick, the Metropolitan police commissioner, are making a joint appearance at Borough Market.Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, and Cressida Dick, the Metropolitan police commissioner, are making a joint appearance at Borough Market.
In response to a question, Dick says all of us need to look at the overall strategy, tactics and resources available for counter-terrorism in light of the three attacks in the UK this year.In response to a question, Dick says all of us need to look at the overall strategy, tactics and resources available for counter-terrorism in light of the three attacks in the UK this year.
But arming every officer is not a sensible option, she says.But arming every officer is not a sensible option, she says.
Having highly-mobile armed officers available in London 24 hours a day is the best solution, she says.Having highly-mobile armed officers available in London 24 hours a day is the best solution, she says.
Khan says we all need to work together to solve this problem. Five attacks have been thwarted recently, he says. London lived through 7/7. Terrorists want to harm our way of life. He says we must stop that.Khan says we all need to work together to solve this problem. Five attacks have been thwarted recently, he says. London lived through 7/7. Terrorists want to harm our way of life. He says we must stop that.
He says the police need the support of citizens. But it is also true that the more resources they have, the easier it is for them to do their job. It is a fact that the Met has lost £600m for its budget. There are plans to cut the Met budget in the future by £400m, and to change the policing formula too, which would also cut the Met’s funding.He says the police need the support of citizens. But it is also true that the more resources they have, the easier it is for them to do their job. It is a fact that the Met has lost £600m for its budget. There are plans to cut the Met budget in the future by £400m, and to change the policing formula too, which would also cut the Met’s funding.
He says, as a capital city, London has to police big occasions and state visits, “some welcome, some less so”. (That is a dig at President Trump.)He says, as a capital city, London has to police big occasions and state visits, “some welcome, some less so”. (That is a dig at President Trump.)
He says as mayor he will argue for the Met to get the resources it needs.He says as mayor he will argue for the Met to get the resources it needs.
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Here is the quote where Jeremy Corbyn said Theresa May should resign over police cuts. Asked in an ITV interview if he supported calls for her to resign, he replied:Here is the quote where Jeremy Corbyn said Theresa May should resign over police cuts. Asked in an ITV interview if he supported calls for her to resign, he replied:
Indeed I would, because there’s been calls made by a lot of very responsible people on this who are very worried that she was at the Home Office for all this time, presided over these cuts in police numbers and is now saying that we have a problem - yes, we do have a problem, we should never have cut the police numbers.Indeed I would, because there’s been calls made by a lot of very responsible people on this who are very worried that she was at the Home Office for all this time, presided over these cuts in police numbers and is now saying that we have a problem - yes, we do have a problem, we should never have cut the police numbers.
But calling for a serving prime minister to resign three days before polling day may not seem particularly realistic and, when he was asked about May resigning for a second time, Corbyn said the election might be a better way of removing her. He said:But calling for a serving prime minister to resign three days before polling day may not seem particularly realistic and, when he was asked about May resigning for a second time, Corbyn said the election might be a better way of removing her. He said:
We’ve got an election on Thursday and that’s perhaps the best opportunity to deal with it.We’ve got an election on Thursday and that’s perhaps the best opportunity to deal with it.
12.33pm BST UPDATE: Later Corbyn’s spokesman sought to clarify the remarks, saying: “Jeremy is saying he believes the public will judge her on her record. We have an election on Thursday where there is an opportunity to vote in a Labour government for the many not the few, one that will invest in police and security services rather than cut them.”
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Damien Gayle
The London mayor, Sadiq Khan, and the Metropolitan police commissioner, Cressida Dick, are due to give statements to the press at the scene of the attack.
Waiting near #londonbridgestation for press statements by @SadiqKhan and @metpoliceuk commissioner Cressida Dick. #londonterrorattack pic.twitter.com/cvBdan5O4h
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Matthew Taylor
A neighbour of one of the suspected attackers said he saw the van used in the attack outside a block of flats in Barking, east London, on Friday – and again on Saturday afternoon.
Michael Mimbo, 25, said he had known the man who was pictured in an Arsenal top after he had been shot dead by police in London Bridge for three years.
“I saw him with the van on Friday,” said Mimbo, who lived next to the attacker’s flat in the Elizabeth Fry block.
“He had parked it right outside the flats and it was blocking the road. Cars couldn’t get past and there was a bit of aggro.”
Mimbo identified the van from an online picture and said several neighbours had seen it being driven at speed the wrong way up a one-way street outside the flats on Saturday afternoon.
“There are lots of kids play round here so people were pretty cross.” He said he went out into the street at half time in the Champions League final – about 8.30pm – and the van had gone.”
But I saw his red car being parked up as I walked past although I couldn’t see who was in it.”
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The London Evening Standard carries one of the last images of Christine Archibald, the first victim of the attack to be named. It shows her with her fiance, Tyler Ferguson, in whose arms she died.
Today's @EveningStandard on the tragic last moments of victim of London attack + first interview with @theresa_may & @SadiqKhan article pic.twitter.com/TTeD0a5RSJ
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The Guardian’s Owen Jones says Theresa May has serious questions to answer over police cuts. Here’s his column.
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Ex-senior Metropolitan police officer Peter Kirkham has accused the government of lying about the number of armed officers on the streets following the attack. Speaking to Sky News, Kirkham said the police service “is in crisis” due to public spending cuts.
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Jeremy Corbyn has said Theresa May should resign because of her record on police funding, ITV’s Rachel Younger reports.
BREAKING: @jeremycorbyn tells me Theresa May should resign as Prime Minister over her record regarding police funding
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Rajeev Syal
The Muslim owner of Borough Market’s largest restaurant has spoken of his concerns over community relations at the market following Saturday’s terror attacks which killed seven people.
Iqbal Wahhab, the founder of Roast, said there could be a change of attitude towards Muslims within wider society and within the market’s community of traders and workers following the latest attack.
“How people respond will take a few more days to unravel. Borough Market is an incredibly tight-knit community – we are all there with a common purpose and a common cause.
“I hope this won’t break the resolve of people to stay united. There will be people who, whether they articulate it or not, will feel resentful towards people whose religion has been used to justify these terrible attacks. It’s understandable,” he told the Guardian.
Roast, a first-floor British restaurant overlooking the covered market, is yards from where two of the three alleged terrorists were shot and killed after terrorising thousands of people drinking and eating near London Bridge in south London.
During the incident, dozens of people took shelter in the restaurant as events unfolded below them. Reports claimed that the assailants were at one point seen attacking someone outside Roast’s entrance.
Wahhab, who chaired the the government’s ethnic minority employment group for nine years, employs at least 10 Muslims out of 100 members of staff at the restaurant. He was away from the restaurant when the incident happened but has since spoken to members of staff about the attacks.
“In the general spirit of how Borough Market works, people came together during the attack. It is such a busy area - on the weekends especially. It is clearly an obvious target,” he said.
Wahhab, 53, was born in Bangladesh and is also an adviser to the anti-extremist pressure group the Quilliam Foundation. He said he naturally agrees with exploring new measures to combat extremism but is sceptical that longer sentences, such as proposed by Theresa May, will help.
“I don’t know about tougher sentences - if you are a suicidal bomber or attacker, longer sentences won’t deter you,” he said.
The government should rely less upon religious leaders and really try to bring integrated Muslims on board, people who live their lives in a contented manner who say there is scope to prosper in the west. We should actively engage Muslim professionals instead of professional Muslims.”
Tens of thousands of food lovers are drawn every weekend to the market, which traces its history at least to the 13th century but may date as far back as Roman times. Originally based at the southern side of London bridge, its 100 or so stalls now occupy a network of railway viaducts near the Thames in Southwark.
There are more than 100 traders, who run restaurants, bars, wholesalers of staple British fare and high quality “delicatessen” retailers.
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Q: Why would Nicola Sturgeon not have a mandate for a second independence referendum after the election?
May says now is not the time for a second independence referendum.
Q: We have had three terror attacks this year. Do you regard that as a government failure, and an indictment of your record?
May says we have had three attacks. But five attacks have been foiled.
As the terror threat evolves, the government’s response must change, she says.
Q: Do you accept that, if the UK wants to remain part of some EU justice and home affairs mechanism, like the Schengen information system, the UK will have to remain under the jurisdiction of the European court of justice?
May says the government will want to keep some of these measures. There will have to be oversight. But she says the jurisdiction of the ECJ over UK law will end.
Q: Corbyn says he will give the police new resources. Can you match that?
May says people should look at Corbyn’s record. He has always opposed giving the police new powers.
Q: President Trump mocked Sadiq Khan. Would a period of silence from him be welcome?
May praises Khan for his response to the London Bridge attack. She does not mention Trump.
Q: How many seats do you need to win to justify calling the election?
May says she never predicts election results.
Q: Why did you accuse the police of crying wolf when they opposed police cuts?
May says that is a reference to a speech she gave saying the Police Federation should reform. They did reform.
Q: Steve Hilton has criticised your record on police cuts. What is your response?
May says she is not the only person to have been criticised by Hilton.
Q: What would Trump have to say for you to criticise him?
May says she has said she disagreed with him over climate change.
Q: But what about Sadiq Khan?
May says it is wrong to say Khan has not been doing a good job.
Q: Will you hold a sweeping reshuffle after the election?
May refuses to answer.
And that’s it. The Q&A is over.
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Here’s a guide to the properties raided so far
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Harriet Sherwood
Religious leaders must take responsibility for tackling actions taken in the name of faith, Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, has said.
“Throughout history religious tradition, scriptures have been twisted and misused by people” to justify violence, Welby told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
He added that the behaviour of religious leaders sometime permitted and encouraged that.
“If something is happening in our faith tradition, we have to take responsibility for being very clear in countering it.”
To say that acts such as the London Bridge attack had nothing to do with Islam “is not getting us anywhere”, he said while stressing that Muslim leaders and organisations had been quick to issue statements of condemnation.
It was “like saying Srebrenica had nothing to do with Christianity”, he said, referring to the massacre of 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys in July 1995.
Welby added: “One of the problems in this country is a … lack of religious literacy.” The authorities tackling terrorism “often don’t understand the very basic doctrines of the faith they’re dealing with…
“They are often people who are unable to put themselves in the shoes of religious believers and understand a way of looking at the world that says that this defines your whole life, every single aspect of who you are and what you are.”
There was fundamental problem with cohesion in the UK, Welby said. “An extraordinary majority of Muslims and everyone else have a single view of what kind of country they want to live in.
“If we attack or persecute or go against a particular group of people on the grounds of their faith alone, rather than what they want to do or the arguments they’re putting forward of violence and terror, the terrorists will give three cheers, and say: ‘Thank you, you’ve done our work for us.’
“Every time a Muslim is abused on a bus or a mosque is attacked, the terrorists have taken another step forward.”
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