Love, tolerance and defiance to the fore as MPs assemble | John Crace

Politicians rise to the occasion as prime minister addresses House of Commons a day after deadly Westminster terror attack The prime minister began her statement on Thursday with a measured act of defiance. “Mr Speaker,” Theresa May said. “Yesterday an act of terrorism tried to silence our democracy. But today we meet as normal – as generations have done before us, and as future generations will continue to do – to deliver a simple message: we are not afraid.”