Mrs May had no good answer when asked whether the police cuts have undermined counter-terrorism. She refused to be drawn into condemning Donald Trump’s shameful criticism of London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, whose response to the weekend’s attack has been exemplary. Unlike other world leaders, Mrs May has made an art of avoiding public confrontation with the US president. The number of prison officers has fallen by a third since 2010, and many prisons are now operating at 150% of capacity. It requires bobbies on the beat and prison governors with the resources to tackle extremism within their prison walls.

Source: The Guardian June 05, 2017 18:22 UTC