Isabel Hardman Isabel Hardman

Politicians give cautious reactions to the Paris attacks

Unlike political Twitter, which was full of armchair experts extolling their own surprisingly untapped talent while the Paris attacks were still taking place on Friday night, senior politicians have today been rather cautious in their responses to the massacre. Theresa May repeatedly told the Marr Show that there were ‘lessons to be learned’ from the attacks, but that it was ‘too early to tell’ what the fate of the Schengen agreement would be. She also said that there needed to be political consensus on British action against Isis in Syria. But she was carefully non-specific, saying:

‘It is of course important that we look at the lessons to be learned from what has happened in Paris – of course we all work very closely together to ensure we can keep people safe and secure. Here in the UK our police, our law enforcement and our security and intelligence agencies are constantly working day and night to ensure we can keep people safe and secure.

‘These are issues where we are always looking to see if there is more that we need to be doing in these areas – we will be looking at the lessons to be learned from the Paris attacks.

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