May Spars With Corbyn on Terrorism as U.K. Vote Nears Climax
- Prime minister says there’s ‘too much tolerance of extremism’
- Corbyn attacks May’s record on police cuts, financing terror
U.K. PM Theresa May Ramps Up Terror Rhetoric
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U.K. opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn traded blows with Prime Minister Theresa May over who has the worst record on countering terrorism, as Britain’s battle with jihadists looked set to dominate the final three days of the election campaign.
Saturday night’s London Bridge attack, which was claimed by Islamic State, temporarily halted campaigning. But the political truce lasted less than a day as Labour and May’s Conservatives tore up any notion of entente and swapped barbs following the third deadly terrorist attack in Britain in three months.