《2017年西敏襲擊》 事件背景：
2017年3月22日下午約2點40分，英國國會大樓外發生恐怖襲擊。
一男子首先在附近的西敏橋上用汽車衝撞行人，造成大量傷亡，再持刀攻擊國會大樓警衛。
疑犯被當場擊斃。事件造成6人死亡，約50人傷。
政府回應：
英國首相府：首相德蕾莎·梅伊案發時在國會下議院，事件發生後有一架銀色捷豹將其接走離開現場，目前確認安全。
首相府其後發表以下聲明：
The thoughts of the PM [Prime Minister] and the Government are with those killed in this appalling incident, and with their families. The PM is being kept updated and will shortly chair COBRA.（首相及政府對這件令人震驚的事件中離世的人及家庭表示深切哀悼和慰問，而首相亦會繼續跟進事態發展及於短時間內召開內閣緊急會議。）
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| 英國首相Theresa May（德蕾莎·梅伊）演講 |
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Mr. speaker yesterday an act of
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terrorism tried to silence our democracy
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but today we meet as normal as
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generations have done before us and as
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future generations will continue to do
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to deliver a simple message we are not
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afraid and our resolve（決定；決心；決意）will never waver（動搖）
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in the face of terrorism and we meet
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here in the oldest of all Parliament’s（議會；國會）
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because we know that democracy and the
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values it entails（使必要；牽涉） will always prevail（佔優勢，占上風）
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those values free speech, liberty, human
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rights and the rule of law are embodied（具體表現；體現）
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here in this place but they are shared
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by free people around the world.
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a terrorist came to the place where people
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of all nationalities and cultures gather
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to celebrate what it means to be free
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and he took out his rage
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indiscriminately（無差別） against innocent men
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women and children. Mr. speaker this was
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an attack on free people everywhere,and
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on behalf of the British people I would
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like to thank our friends and allies
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around the world who have made it clear
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that they stand with us at this time
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what happened on the streets of
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Westminster yesterday afternoon second as all
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while there is an ongoing police
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investigation the house（議會；議院） will understand
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that there are limits to what I can say
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but having been updated by police and
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security officials let me set out（開始，著手） what
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at this stage I can tell the house.
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At approximately 2:40 p.m. yesterday,
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a single attacker drove his vehicle at
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speed in two innocent pedestrians who
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were crossing Westminster Bridge killing
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two people and injuring around 40 more
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in addition to 12 Britons（英國人） admitted to（接收…入院）
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hospital we know that the victims
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include three French children, two
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Romanians, 4 South Koreans, one German, one
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Pole（波蘭人, Poland） one Irish（愛爾蘭人） one Chinese
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one Italian, one American and two Greeks.
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and we are in close contact with the
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governments of the countries of all
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those affected. The injured also included
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three police officers who were returning
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from an event to recognize their bravery
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two of those three remain in a serious
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condition. Mr. speaker, the attacker then
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left the vehicle and approached a police
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officer at carriage gates attacking that
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officer with a large knife before he was
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shot dead by an armed police officer.
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tragically as the house will know forty
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eight-year-old PC Keith Palmer was
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killed.
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PC Palmer had devoted his life to the
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service of his country. He had been a
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member of the parliamentary and
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diplomatic protection command for 15
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years and a soldier in the Royal
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Artillery（炮兵（部队）） before that. he was a husband
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and a father killed doing a job he loved.
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he was every inch a hero and his actions
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will never be forgotten I know the whole
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house will join me in sending our
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deepest condolences（哀悼（詞）） to his family and to
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the families and friends of all those
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who’ve been killed or injured in
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yesterday’s awful attacks I know also
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that the house will wish to thank all
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those who acted with such speed and
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professionalism yesterday to secure this
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place and ensure we are able to meet as
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we are doing today. Mr. speaker at 7:30 last night,
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I chaired（主持（會議等）） a meeting of the
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government’s Emergency Committee Cobra
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and we’ll have further briefings（簡報） and
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meetings with security officials today.
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The threat level to the UK has been set
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at severe, meaning attack is highly
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likely for some time. This is the second highest threat level.
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The highest level ,critical, means there is specific
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intelligence that an attack is imminent.（臨近的，即將發生的）
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As there is no such intelligence, the
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independent Joint Terrorism analysis center
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英国联合反恐分析中心（Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre）
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has decided that the threat level
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will not change in the light of（有鑑於,because of）
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yesterday’s attack.
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Mr. speaker the whole country will want
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to know who was responsible for this
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atrocity（暴行） and the measures that we are
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taking to strengthen our security,
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including here in Westminster.
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A full counterterrorism investigation is
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already underway. Hundreds of our police
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and security officers have been working
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through the night to establish（查實；確定；證實，證明）
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everything possible about this attack
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including its preparation, motivation, and
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whether there were any associates（朋友；同事；（生意）夥伴）
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involved in its planning and while the
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remain limits on what I can say at this
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stage. I can confirm that overnight the
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police have searched six addresses and
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made eight arrests in Birmingham（伯明翰） and London.
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Mr Speaker（主席） it is still believed that
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this attacker acted alone and the police
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have no reason to believe there are
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imminent（迫在眉睫的） further attacks on the public.
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his identity is known to the police and
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mi5（軍情五處, Military Intelligence, Section 5） and when operational considerations
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allow he will be publicly identified
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what I can confirm is that the man was
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British born and that at some years ago he
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was once investigated by mi5 in relation
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to concerns about violent extremism. He
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was a peripheral（次要的，附帶的） figure the case is
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historic he was not part of the current
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intelligence picture. There was no prior
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intelligence of his intent or of the
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plot intensive investigations continue
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and as Acting Deputy Commissioner Rollie
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confirmed last night our working
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assumption is that the attacker was
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inspired by Islamist ideology（思想（體系），意識形態） Mr Speaker
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we know the threat from Islamist
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terrorism is very real but while the
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public should remain utterly（完全） vigilant
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they should not and will not be cowed by
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this threat
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as Acting Deputy Commissioner Olli has
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made clear we are stepping up policing
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to protect communities across the
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country and to reassure the public and
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as a precautionary measure this will
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mean increasing the number of patrols in
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cities across the country with more
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police and more armed police on the
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streets since June 2013 our police
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security and intelligence agencies have
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successfully disrupted 13 separate
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terrorist plots（秘密計劃；陰謀） in Britain following the
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2015 strategic defence and security
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review we protected the police budgets
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for counterterrorism and committed to
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increase cross government spending on
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counterterrorism by 30 percent in real
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terms over the course of this Parliament
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and over the next five years we will
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invest in extra two and a half billion
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in building our global security and
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intelligence network employing over
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1,900 additional staff at mi5 mi6 and
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GCHQ and more than doubling our global
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network of counterterrorism experts
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working with priority countries across
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Europe ,the Middle East ,Africa and Asia
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Mr. speaker in terms of security here in
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Westminster we should be clear first of
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all that an attacker attempted to break
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into Parliament and was shot dead within
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20 yards of the gate. If his intention
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was to gain access to this building, we
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should be clear that he did not succeed
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the police heroicly did their job but
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as is routine the police together with
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the house authorities are reviewing the
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security of the parliamentary estate
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coordinated with the Cabinet Office who
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have responsibility for the security
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measures in place around the government
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secure zone all of us in this house have
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a responsibility for the security and
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safety of our staff and advice is
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available for members who need it. mr.
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speaker yesterday we saw the worst of
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humanity but we will remember the best
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we will remember the extraordinary
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efforts to save the life of PC Keith
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Palmer including those by my right
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honourable friend
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the member for Bournemouth east and we
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will remember the exceptional（卓越的，傑出的，） bravery of
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our police security and emergency
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services who once again ran towards the
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danger even as they encouraged others to
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move the other way. on behalf of the
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whole country I want to pay tribute to them
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for the work they have been doing
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to reassure the public treat the injured
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and bring security back to the streets
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of our capital city that they have lost
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one of their own in yesterday’s attack
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only makes their calmness and
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professionalism all the more remarkable
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Mr. speaker a lot has been said
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since terror struck London yesterday much more
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will be said in the coming days but the
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greatest response lies not in the words
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of politicians but in the everyday
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actions of ordinary people for beyond
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these walls today in scenes repeated in
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towns and cities across the country
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millions of people are going about their
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days and getting on with their lives
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the streets are as busy as ever the
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offices fall the coffee shops and cafes
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Bustling（熙熙攘攘的，忙亂的） as I speak millions will be
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boarding trains and aeroplanes to travel
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to London and to see for themselves the
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greatest city on earth it is in these
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actions millions of acts of normality
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that we find the best response to
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terrorism. a response that deny
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is our enemies their victory that
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refuses to let them win that shows we
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will never give in a response driven by
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that same spirit that drove our husband
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and father to put himself between us and
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our attacker and to pay the ultimate
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price a response that says to the men
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and women who propagate（傳播，散播；宣傳） this hate and
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evil you will not defeat us mr. speaker
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let this be the message from this house
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and this nation today our values will
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prevail and I commend this statement to
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the house
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