'Enough is enough,' U.K. PM says after latest London attacks

British Prime Minister Theresa Mayresponded on Sunday to theattacks in London, which killed sevenpeople, declaring "enough is enough" and calling for a review ofBritain's counter-terrorism strategy.

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Her televised address came theday after three men drove a van into pedestrians on London Bridge and then stabbed several people. May proposed longer prison sentences for terrorism-related offences, even those "less serious offences."

"As a mark of respect, the two political parties have suspended our national campaigns for today. But violence can never be allowed to disrupt the democratic process, so those campaigns will resume in full tomorrow and the general election will go ahead as planned on Thursday," she said.

Her remarks included a controversial proposal to "regulate cyberspace toprevent the spread of extremism" and she called on internet service providers to stop providing a safe haven for extremism.

Below is the full text of the statement:

"Last night, our country fell victim to a brutal terrorist attackonce again. As a result I have just chaired a meeting of thegovernment's emergency committee and I want to update you withthe latest information about the attack.

"Shortly before 10:10 yesterday evening, the MetropolitanPolice received reports that a white van had struck pedestrianson London Bridge. It continued to drive from London Bridge toBorough Market, where threeterrorists left the van and attackedinnocent and unarmed civilians with blades and knives.

"All three were wearing what appeared to be explosive vests,but the police have established that this clothing was fake andworn only to spread panic and fear.

"As so often in such serious situations, the police respondedwith great courage and great speed. Armed officers from theMetropolitan Police and the City of London Police arrived atBorough Market within moments, and shot and killed the threesuspects. The terrorists were confronted and shot by armedofficers within eightminutes of the police receiving the firstemergency call.

'Many' in life-threatening condition

"Seven people have died as a result of the attack, inaddition to the threesuspects shot dead by the police. Forty-eightpeople are being treated in several hospitals across London.Many have life-threatening conditions.

"On behalf of the people of London, and on behalf of thewhole country, I want to thank and pay tribute to theprofessionalism and bravery of the police and the emergencyservices and the courage of members of the public who defendedthemselves and others from the attackers. And our thoughts andprayers are with the victims and with their friends, familiesand loved ones.

"This is, as we all know, the third terrorist attack Britainhas experienced in the last threemonths. In March, a similar attacktook place, just around the corner on Westminster Bridge. Twoweeks ago, the Manchester Arena was attacked by a suicidebomber. And now London has been struck once more.

"And at the same time, the security and intelligence agenciesand police have disrupted five credible plots since the Westminsterattack in March.

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"In terms of their planning and execution, the recent attacksare not connected. But we believe we are experiencing a newtrend in the threat we face, as terrorism breeds terrorism, andperpetrators are inspired to attack not only on the basis ofcarefully constructed plots after years of planning and trainingand not even as lone attackers radicalized online but bycopying one another and often using the crudest of means ofattack.

"We cannot and must not pretend that things can continue asthey are. Things need to change, and they need to change in fourimportant ways.

"First, while the recent attacks are not connected by commonnetworks, they are connected in one important sense. They arebound together by the single, evil ideology of Islamistextremism that preaches hatred, sows division, and promotessectarianism. It is an ideology that claims our Western valuesof freedom, democracy and human rights are incompatible with thereligion of Islam. It is an ideology that is a perversion ofIslam and a perversion of the truth.

British values 'superior' to hateful ideology

"Defeating this ideology is one of the great challenges ofour time. But it cannot be defeated through militaryintervention alone. It will not be defeated through themaintenance of a permanent, defensive counter-terrorismoperation, however skillful its leaders and practitioners. Itwill only be defeated when we turn people's minds away from thisviolence and make them understand that our values pluralistic, British values are superior to anything offeredby the preachers and supporters of hate.

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"Second, we cannot allow this ideology the safe space itneeds to breed. Yet that is precisely what the internet andthe big companies that provide internet-based services provide. We need to work with allied, democratic governments toreach international agreements that regulate cyberspace toprevent the spread of extremism and terrorist planning. And weneed to do everything we can at home to reduce the risks ofextremism online.

"Third, while we need to deprive the extremists of their safespaces online, we must not forget about the safe spaces thatcontinueto exist in the real world. Yes, that means takingmilitary action to destroy ISIS in Iraq and Syria. But it alsomeans taking action here at home. While we have made significantprogress in recent years, there is,to be frank,far too muchtolerance of extremism in our country.

"So we need to become far more robust in identifying it andstamping it out across the public sector and across society.That will require some difficult and often embarrassingconversations, but the whole of our country needs to cometogether to take on this extremism and we need to live ourlives not in a series of separated, segregated communities butas one truly United Kingdom.

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"Fourth, we have a robust counter-terrorism strategy that hasproved successful over many years. But as the nature of thethreat we face becomes more complex, more fragmented, morehidden, especially online, the strategy needs to keep up. So inlight of what we are learning about the changing threat, we needto review Britain's counter-terrorism strategy to make sure thepolice and security services have all the powers they need.

"And if we need to increase the length of custodial sentencesfor terrorism-related offences, even apparently less seriousoffences, that is what we will do.

'Things need to change'

"Since the emergence of the threat from Islamist-inspiredterrorism, our country has made significant progress indisrupting plots and protecting the public. But it is time tosay enough is enough. Everybody needs to go about their lives asthey normally would. Our society should continue to function inaccordance with our values. But when it comes to taking onextremism and terrorism, things need to change.

"As a mark of respect the twopolitical parties have suspendedour national campaigns for today. But violence can never beallowed to disrupt the democratic process. So those campaignswill resume in full tomorrow. And the general election will goahead as planned on Thursday.

"As a country, our response must be as it has always beenwhen we have been confronted by violence. We must come together,we must pull together, and united we will take on and defeat ourenemies."