The Prime Minister has confirmed that Thursday's general election will go ahead despite the atrocities seen in London last night. A van drove at high speeds into a group of pedestrians before its three occupants emerged carrying knives and proceeded to stab passers-by. Seven victims died as a result of the attack in addition to the three men who carried it out, who were shot dead by police within eight minutes of the first emergency services calls.
Following the attack, there were calls across social media for Theresa May to postpone the snap general election due to take place on 8 June.
<p>Countering this, other voices - including Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and ITV news presenter Mark Austin - were resistant to the suggestion of putting a pause on the election, saying it would undermine our democracy and give the extremists behind the attacks exactly what they want.</p> <p><a href=" http:="" www.ibtimes.co.uk="" london-bridge-terror-attack-sadiq-khan-rejects-calls-postpone-election-1624673"="" target="_blank">Sadiq Khan said this morning that he was "not an advocate of postponing", and a series of tweets echoed this perspective.
The leader of UKIP, Paul Nuttall, has refused to suspend his party's campaigning, however, saying: "It is more important than ever for us to confront this evil with the democratic principles that have made this country what it is."
His statement explained that he believes "it is time to start honouring our dead with more than just words. The only guarantee that will come from out choosing to stall the democratic process again will be more attacks; it is what these cowards want us to do."
In her statement this morning on Downing Street, Theresa May declared "enough is enough" where terrorism is concerned, and said "we cannot and must not pretend that things can continue as they are".
The Prime Minister identified the key area she believes must be tackled before we see an end to terrorist acts of violence. She said Islamist ideology "cannot be given the space to breathe" and that we need to introduce new cyberspace regulations to prevent its spread.
"We need to do anything we can to reduce extremism online, as this ideology cannot be defeated through military intervention alone", the PM said.
May also revealed in her speech that security and intelligence services have intervened in "five credible plots" since the Westminster attack which took place in March.
