David Davis, speaking to the BBC on Sunday morning pointed out that any postponement would likely require a change in law a move which would be impossible while Parliament did not exist to enact it. He said: ‘I’m not sure it can be legally done. In order to do this you’d have to have some change of law I think, and who’s going to do that? Parliament no longer exists, I’m not a Member of Parliament for the duration, as are none of the other people who were Members of Parliament. I think we’re locked into June 8 and I think actually the public would want us to be locked into June 8.’
Latest attack
The latest attack on the capital saw seven people killed and dozens injured in a van and knife attack on London Bridge and Borough Market on Saturday night. However, main political parties have suspended general election campaigning for the day while the Prime Minister chairs a COBRA meeting to review security. Parliament was dissolved on 3 May ahead of the genral election.
Democracy a defiance to terrorists
Mr Davis echoed a statement by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, who said the the continuation of Britain’s democracy was the best way of showing defiance to terrorists. ‘There’s a balance here, one the one hand clearly we want to respect the people who have been injured and killed, we want to pay proper respect and we don’t want to carry on across it…But on the other hand, the people doing this are doing this because they despise the freedoms we have. Those freedoms can be the freedoms to go out on a Saturday night or the freedom to cast a vote.’
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