The Prime Minister, in her statement in the aftermath of yesterday's attack, defiantly insisted that parliamentary business would today continue as usual. During the morning sittings in both Houses there was a united and wholly unambiguous message that those who would destroy our democracy and fundamental freedoms will not succeed. But in the sombre atmosphere that inevitably prevailed, it wasn’t quite business as usual.
And we always need to remind ourselves that this is not the first, and will not be the last attack on Westminster – both on the buildings and on the values which are its foundation stones.
