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Updated 12.35pm
THE ISLAMIC STATE group has claimed responsibility for the terror attack that occurred in central London yesterday, according to the Amaq agency that is linked with the jihadist organisation.
“The perpetrator of yesterday’s attack in front of the British parliament was a soldier of the Islamic State and the operation was carried out in response to calls to target coalition countries,” Amaq said citing a “security source”.
In the wake of yesterday’s terror attack in Westminster, London, armed police conducted a raid at a flat in the city of Birmingham overnight that is believed to be linked with the attack which saw four people killed and 40 injured.
Dozens of officers conducted the operation outside a property in Hagley Road, and several roads in the immediate area were closed, reports Sky News.
Britain’s top counter-terrorism officer Mark Rowley confirmed that six addresses in Birmingham, London and other parts of the country had been searched and seven arrests had been made.
“It is still our belief that this attacker acted alone, and was inspired by international terrorism,” he said.
Rowley said the four victims included a policeman guarding parliament and three members of the public. One of the dead includes the attacker who was shot dead by police.
Seven people are still described as being in a critical condition in hospital. 29 people in total remain in hospital.
Speaking several hours after the attack, British Prime Minister Theresa May described the attack as “sick and depraved”.
After an emergency meeting of her cabinet, May said Britain’s terror alert level would remain unchanged at its highest level.
She added: “We will all move forward together, never giving in to terror and never allowing the voices of hate and evil to drive us apart.”
Defiance
Britain’s parliament reopened today with a minute’s silence in memory of three people killed in the attack on the symbol of the country’s democracy.
With MPs projecting an air of “business as usual,” armed police arrested eight people in raids linked to yesterday’s deadly assault carried out in the shadow of Big Ben that sowed panic in the heart of London.
As MPs resumed business, police officers lined up outside their Scotland Yard headquarters nearby for a minute’s silence in front of the eternal flame to those officers who have given their lives in service.
A packed parliament paid tribute, heads bowed.
“We are not afraid and our resolve will never waver in the face of terrorism,” said a defiant May.
The attack in London came a year to the day after Islamic State jihadists killed 32 people in twin bomb attacks in Brussels.
With reporting from Sean Murray and AFP
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So what they’re saying is that the government bailed them out and they’re doing nothing with that money except for hoarding it and loaning to their buddies? What a total shocker. I never saw that coming.
Fair play to ISME for keeping this issue highlighted, many businesses are trying to keep going and even develop on cash flow knowing it is a time consuming and costly waste of time even applying for credit, business is being strangled and bled to death by government inaction on credit and high costs.
SMEs are possibly the worst exploiters of workers in Ireland. They flaunt labour laws, hide behind the likes of ISME and the SFA.
When it comes back buy a safe .
What?
No mention of the 90% of applicants told by bank staff not to bother applying for a loan?
Considering the banks were in such deep denial in 2008 it’s no wonder since the same cronies are still running the shop that they are hording cash. And whilst they continue to keep their bonuses, from the money we bailed them out with – the rest of the SME’s can sink – with us along with them. The business page of the Sunday Indo had the finest example of how the ‘enterprise challenged’ heads of BOI behave, letting a Jemie Jenkins business fold through lack of a credit line backed by letters of credit from his export customers – he had export orders worth thousands in the states for crying out loud! Just shows even when they promote enterprise week in may and dragons den they are apathetic to any economic need – other than the economy of their own pockets! – Pillar bank my ole!
Ye! forgot about that one – dead right Harry, I was one of them !
The banks are protecting themselves at the direct cost, not only to small and medium enterprises but to the whole economy. While this government waffles and dithers about bank interventions, SMEs are being terrorised and ultimately shut down by discredited bailed-out bankers, arrogant at top level and ignorant at branch level. With 96% of business owners of the opinion that Government have either a negative or no impact on SME lending, this Administration must act now and install active management into the banks, representing the owners, the taxpayers, to ensure honest reporting, sustainable reform and a return to proper banking.
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Get your friends together and sign a petition. Bring that petition to your local TD’s, tell them that they need to confront the banks…all of the banks in your area, that you expect that your TD will write to the local banking institutions informing them that all of the signatories will take their money out of the bank, close their accounts and refuse to do business with them until they begin to loan to the SME sector again. You get 10 or 15 TD’s involved with that (and many TD’s would be delighted of the photo opportunity and to be seen on the side of the little guy) get some air time and a little public anger going and the threat that deposits might suddenly en masse start walking out the door…watch the little piggies squeal then!!
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