Senior Labour And Tory Figures Say General Election Will Go Ahead As Planned

Senior Tory and Labour figures this morning said the general election must go ahead as planned on June 8.
Brexit secretary David Davis and shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry told the BBC’s Andrew Marr they felt polling day should not be postponed in the wake of the terror attack on London Bridge, which left seven dead and dozens injured.
National election campaigning was suspended on Sunday, but Davis said he felt the suspension would be short and that the country was ‘locked