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On Today, Tim Farron revisited an argument he made in Monday's Question Time debate: that more resources are needed to combat terrorism, not more powers.

Getting rid of encryption "would make society less secure" when banking and other transactions depend on it, he says, while temporary exclusion orders have been "used only once" in recent years.

"The powers exist already," he insists and instead, the Liberal Democrats would put an extra £300m a year into police and intelligence services.

He also describes the counter-terrorism strategy known as Prevent as "toxic" and favours a new strategy that he calls "Engage" to work with communities.

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Lib Dem leader Tim Farron has been speaking to Today. He insists it was "absolutely not" a mistake to replace terrorism control orders with Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures (TPims), insisting they are "far more effective".

Control orders were a form of house arrest, but were significantly more restrictive than TPims.

The move was supported by Mr Farron's predecessor Nick Clegg but opposed by former Lib Dem peer Lord Carlile, when he was the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation.

Mr Farron says he has a history of "polite" disagreement with Lord Carlile, and argues that another former independent reviewer, David Anderson QC, "made it clear that control orders were not effective".

"There is always a desire for people to reach for the 'sound good', rather than the 'do good'," Mr Farron argues, but claims: "Very few of the control orders actually stuck."

BBC Breakfast

Boris Johnson - a former London mayor, of course - was asked about US President Donald Trump's criticism of Sadiq Khan following the London attack.

Mr Johnson, now Conservative foreign secretary, said he did not want "to interpose" himself "into any controversy between the mayor of London and Donald Trump" - and wouldn't be drawn on whether a planned state visit by the president should go ahead.

But he told BBC Breakfast:

BBC Breakfast

During his time as London mayor, Boris Johnson warned against cuts to police numbers in the capital.

Pressed on that, the foreign secretary tells Breakfast: "Theresa and I came to a very good agreement and I'm grateful to her for her foresight."

He says that agreement kept police numbers in London "high" - "at 32,000" - and that crime has fallen.

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Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is urging people not to be "distracted" by issues of police numbers.

He says it's "understandably right" to look at photographs of the terrorists in the papers and to ask 'How did this happen? How did this person slip through the net?'

But nothing should distract "from the responsibility of these scumbags and what they have done", he said, adding: "It's particularly for the Muslim community to drive out this cancer to stop people from being radicalised."

The government needs "to be very tough in our counter terrorism measures", but returns the conversation repeatedly to what he sees as Labour failings in that area.

Jeremy Corbyn "has said he's opposed to the shoot to kill policy that was invaluable in saving peoples lives on Saturday", and has "worn as a badge of honour" his opposition to terrorism legislation in his 30-plus years in Parliament, Mr Johnson says.

It is "extraordinary" that shadow home secretary Diane Abbott could be in charge of counter-terrorism in a few day's time, he goes on, adding: "Diane Abbott has freely said that all these Islamist groups, as far as she's concerned, could be full of moderates and therefore couldn't be banned."

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Former UK National Security Adviser Lord Ricketts is asked whether he thinks Donald Trump should have a state visit to the UK, given the US President's comments following the London attack.

Lord Ricketts says a state visit is "the highest honour this country can pay a foreign leader" and an invitation is not usually extended so early in a president's term.

"It's hard to rescind it now," the former diplomat says. However, given Mr Trump's comments, "to put it diplomatically, it does not necessarily create the conditions for a successful state visit".

He suggests it might be a good idea for Mr Trump to spend some more time in the UK and learn about the country - but without the "panoply of a state visit".

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Sadiq Khan is also asked about Donald Trump and the war of words between the two men following the London attack.

The London mayor says it's important to have "cordial relations with our closest ally", but - as with any best friends - "you stand shoulder-to-shoulder with them in times of adversity, but you call them out when they're wrong".

He adds: "There are so many things Donald Trump is wrong about, and in those circumstances I'm not in favour of a state visit."

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Labour's shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon speaks to Today about counter-terrorism strategy.

"Responsibility for these unforgivable atrocities lies with the terrorists themselves," he says, but he attacks the government for "trying to do security on the cheap, cutting 20,000 police".

Is Labour saying that police cuts made the attack more likely? Mr Burgon says the "chain of causation isn't as simple" as that, but police forces "stress the value of community policing in picking up the signs of extremism".

He adds: "Does it make communities safer to cut 20,000 police? No."

Presenter Justin Webb asks Mr Burgon if he is willing to think about measures against people "who could not necessarily be proven to be plotting terrorism"m but who do hold extreme views.

The shadow justice secretary says "intelligence is key" and community policing is also "very important in monitoring who may be on the path to committing these kinds of atrocities".

BBC Breakfast

Would it be better to have more police officers in London?

"Yes," replies London mayor Sadiq Khan.

He says the Met Police have lost more than £600m in recent years and there are plans to cut another £400m. There could even be a further £700m further down the line with a loss of up to 12,000 more officers, he adds.

"As brilliant as they are that’s a big, big cut... It’s not sustainable," he tells BBC Breakfast.

So, under a renewed Theresa May government, would London be less safe, the Labour mayor is asked.

"Under a renewed Theresa May government we would have fewer police officers... and all the experts tell me that one of the ways we counter terrorism is having fantastic police in our communities," he replies.

"So there's no doubt fewer police officers means we're in more danger."

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Leaders of the Stormont parties have clashed over condemnation of terrorism and how to respond to Brexit.

The recording of Monday night's UTV election debate had to be stopped half way through when Alliance leader Naomi Long became unwell.

Mrs Long felt faint but, after a short pause, was able to resume her place alongside the other party leaders.

The debate began with the politicians condemning the recent terror attacks in England.

You can read more about the debate here - and you can watch a BBC debate, with representatives from the five parties, via the media tab above from 21:00 BST.

"Rigid, pompous and removed", one of them described their date. The other had "absolutely great fun".

During Monday's Question Time special in Edinburgh, Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron said there was no evidence to support a widening of surveillance powers following the London attack.

Both he and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon warned against a "knee-jerk" reaction during the Question Time special in Edinburgh.

Mr Farron, whose manifesto promises to "roll back" surveillance powers, said the "desire for something to be done is utterly right". But he said the problem was a lack of resources, not a lack of surveillance. Agencies could already "follow and track criminals" he said, but did not have "sufficient pairs of eyes".

An audience member also questioned Mr Farron over his support for another referendum on a final Brexit deal. asking: "We're having the general election to decide who's giving us the best deal - why do we need another referendum?"

"We had a general election two years ago, we appear to be having another one," Mr Farron answered, arguing the deal would be "stitched up behind closed doors" unless voters get the final say.

You can read a full report on the debate here.

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As national campaigning resumed in full on Monday, we saw Theresa May trying to pull the agenda back to issue of Brexit - but it's almost a hopeless case, frankly.

The anger and disquiet over the London Bridge attack means that the focus will inevitably remain on the security agenda.

It might be expected that a terrorist incident would play to people's conservative instincts, but it was striking that, while Mrs May tried to focus on Jeremy Corbyn's record on anti-terrorism laws yesterday, she found herself being challenged remorselessly on police numbers.

That's a personal issue for Mrs May because she was home secretary before she became prime minister.

It's also an easy issue for voters to identify with - things like social care are complex, but it is just a fact that police numbers have been cut by around 20,000 and people get that.

For Labour, meanwhile, the argument over police numbers is about austerity.

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