May breaks ‘truce’ to announce future policy, gets wide media coverage; Corbyn speech is widely ignored
Don’t tell us the TV news media aren’t doing everything they can for Theresa May, even though we all now know she’s a turkey and Thursday’s the day she’ll get stuffed.
Her speech, following the COBRA meeting at Downing Street this morning (June 4) was supposed to be an announcement about the attacks in London last night and what was being done about them – but she chose to break the non-campaigning truce with Labour and other parties and announce future Tory policy instead.
Mrs May announced a four-point plan to combat terrorism, after parties had agreed to suspend campaigning until this evening – and UK television channels broadcast it live.
She said internet companies must not allow extremism a place to exist, but added that there was also a need to tackle “safe spaces in the real world”, which would require “difficult” conversations; and also suggested the idea of increased prison terms for terrorism offences, even relatively minor ones.
The social media reacted appropriately:
Mrs May
How will prospect of longer prison sentences deter jihadists intent on suicide?
What about addressing Saudi funding?
Police numbers?— Tom London (@TomLondon6) June 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/liamyoung/status/871316207584120833
— sally solihull (@sallysolihull) June 4, 2017
When Theresa May says 'Enough is enough', does that include her £3.5bn arms deal to the Saudi's who are thought to be funding ISIS?
Hope so.— Francesca Martinez (@chessmartinez) June 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/ioanmarcjones/status/871352886453841920
https://twitter.com/matthaig1/status/871412339882545152
PM was Home Secretary from 2010-16,had years to sort our security&support our police,instead 20,000 officers gone,1,300 armed officers gone👎
— Angela Rayner 🌹 (@AngelaRayner) June 4, 2017
As CURRENT PM – right for May to make a statement on London attacks
It was NOT right she announced FUTURE policy#GE17 campaign suspended— Clare Hepworth OBE (@Hepworthclare) June 4, 2017
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn also made a speech in the aftermath of the London attacks. It was measured and statesmanlike – and I understand Sky News was the only channel to broadcast it. Why not the BBC?
https://twitter.com/alexnunns/status/871466019264630784
Fortunately, due to the magic of social media, you can watch Mr Corbyn’s speech here:
Jeremy Corbyn criticises May for cutting 20,000 police & Trump for his tweet about Sadiq Khan during key speech in Carlisle #EnoughisEnough pic.twitter.com/A2QdDi7LHd
— Ben Claimant 💚 Join a Union (@BenClaimant) June 4, 2017
He also announced policy proposals to protect the security of UK citizens – but he did it after the ‘truce’ had ended.
He savaged Theresa May for cutting police numbers.
And he pointed out that the aim of the terror attack in London was to derail the general election. He said it was now a question of democracy, and the election must go ahead on schedule, despite calls for it to be postponed.
His speech has been widely applauded.
But more people have seen Theresa May, and more people have heard her inane witterings.
If you’ve made it this far through this article, you’ll have heard what Mr Corbyn had to say. You’ll have noticed that he has attacked Mrs May on several points – not least her support for Saudi Arabia, which has links with the funding of terrorism, and her decision to cut 20,000 police jobs and deride warnings that it would increase the threat of terrorism as “scaremongering”.
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Proved us right again, opens her gob when she promised to stay quiet, how’s she ever be trusted with our lives?
Blatant electioneering by the Tory Party of corruption and fraud. As usual one law for the Nasty party and one for everyone else. The most nonsensical part was “longer sentences” – perhaps she can explain how that will deter a suicide bomber?
I’m surprised the Tories have not pulled out the bag Mr Putin as helping Labour if you think back in the miners strick the Tories said the Russian where backing the miners and giving them money
Nice to see Jeremy speak from the heart when you look at May she as to read from a script which is probably written for her
As well as the Saudi paid expansion and funding of their religion they have also invested heavily in the construction of UK mosques and providing support for same mosques converting their congrgations to Saudis preferred religion which according to a anti extreme muslim convert on Piers Morgan (yes sorry was totally bored with the lack lustre BBC 1 morning prog) is an extreme religion and not preaching a friendly conexistance with UK religions or populations. Cristianity would probably get short shrift if they tried the same move in muslim countries good supplier relations or not..
Is it me, or does “enough is enough” sound frighteningly familiar to David Cameron’s “For far too ling, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens ‘as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'” in May 2015.. just before the General Election that year!