Terror Overshadows The Election

With just five days to go before the election, Britain was struck by another terrorist attack – the third in three months.

“Enough is enough,” declared the Prime Minister, Theresa May, after the atrocity, carried out by three extremists who used a rented van to mow down pedestrians on London Bridge before attacking the crowds enjoying a balmy Saturday evening in the adjacent Borough Market. The attackers were shot dead by police within eight minutes of the first call to the emergency services, by which time they had killed seven people, many of whom were stabbed to death, and wounded 48 more (see page 20). The main political parties suspended their national campaigns for a day, but agreed that the election, which polls suggested would be much tighter than previously predicted, should go ahead as planned.