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London attack: Politicians agree election must go on

General election candidates Yvette Cooper and Iain Duncan Smith both agree that the election should carry on as normal despite the London attack

The prime minister has said "it is time to say enough is enough" as she condemned a terror attack on "innocent and unarmed civilians" which left seven people dead and 48 injured in London.

It is the third terror attack in the UK in three months, following the car and knife attack in Westminster in March, which left five people dead, and the Manchester bombing less than two weeks ago, in which 22 people were killed.

Most political parties have suspended national general election campaigning, but UKIP leader Paul Nuttall said he would not follow suit because that was "precisely what extremists would want us to do".

Mrs May said full campaigning would resume on Monday and the general election would go ahead as planned on Thursday.

Conservative Duncan Smith told ѿý Radio 5 live's John Pienaar that terrorists were striking during the general election to get the “most publicity” while the “world was watching” – and for that reason it was important to show “we don’t change what we do”.

Labour’s Cooper added that “three vile terrorists” should not be allowed “to jeapordise the rights of tens of millions of people” to take part in democracy.

This clip is originally from Pienaar's Politics on Sunday 4 June 2017.

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