Has the London Bridge attack been politicised?

Calling Peston: The ITV News Politics Podcast

ITV News

Politics, Government, News

4.3 • 179 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2019

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn paid tribute to the victims of Friday's London Bridge terror attack at a vigil in London this morning. Campaigning was briefly suspended in London after the attack, with a row quickly breaking out between Labour and the Conservatives over killer Usman Khan's early release from prison. During the last general election campaign, when the Manchester Arena and London Bridge attacks happened, the parties suspended campaigning for longer - so why are things different this time around? Daniel and Shehab gets Robert's take. As we get closer to polling day (10 days, to be exact), we're continuing to catch up with ITV's political correspondents based around the country to find out what's happening in their patch and the key races in their area we should be keeping an eye on that could decide the outcome of the election. Plus, Daniel reminds us of a memorable moment from a past election campaign involving David Cameron which, four years on, he still can't get over. We’ll bring you a new episode of Calling Peston every weekday around 5pm throughout the election campaign. Don’t forget to subscribe - and if you like what you hear, do rate us and leave a review. Get in touch with the Calling Peston team - contact @DanielHewittITV, @ShehabKhan and @Peston. For the latest election news, go to itv.com/news and follow @ITVNewsPolitics on Twitter.

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0:43.2	It's week five of the 2019 general election campaign. It's 10 days until polling day, 23 days
0:49.7	until Christmas. But more importantly, it's episode 19 of calling Peston, the gold, frankincense and
0:56.0	Mur of political podcasts. I'm Daniel Hewitt, sitting within touching distance of me is Sheehab Khan.
1:01.4	Hello. And on the phone, we'll be calling Robert Peston, who will of course have his take
1:06.2	on the day's news. Also on the show today, our regional road trip of the UK continues as we catch up
1:11.7	with ITV's political correspondence from across the country. Today, it's Emma Hutchinson from
1:15.5	the east of England, your Norfolk's your suffix, and David Wood, who is ITV West Country's
1:21.4	political correspondent to find out what's happening out there. First of all, there, Shihab,
1:26.5	how was your weekend? It's nice, how's yours?
1:28.3	It was all right.
1:29.3	We both worked, right?
1:30.3	Yeah, I was working on Saturday, you were working on Sunday.
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