Though little, in reality, can ever be done about a single terrorist driving a vehicle into any group of innocent people, there are already some lessons that emerge from this episode, and arguably ones that should have occurred to the authorities before
As Tim Farron resigns, the party should learn from recent history: it must hold a properly contested leadership election
The election was, in part, an instruction to strike a different balance in talks with Brussels
The deal sacrifices the Irish peace process for the sake of the Prime Minister clinging on to her power, and that is dishonourable and dangerous because it puts lives at risk via a return to terror
We mean no disrespect to the voters of Northern Ireland when we point out that most of the population of the United Kingdom have reservations about some of the policies of the Democratic Unionist Party
The Prime Minister – if indeed it is Ms May who is in office in the weeks ahead – must recognise that the country has had enough of austerity
Whatever this election means, it was not an endorsement of the Prime Minister’s hard Brexit
It is plausible to suppose that more of the 18-24 age group are learning the bitter lessons of the 2015 general election and the EU referendum last year
The Prime was right to say things need to change, but should be wary of rushing into ill-conceived legislation
The Prime Minister is guilty, as Sir Keir says, of setting ‘a belligerent tone with our EU colleagues’. The Labour approach, of working in partnership for a softer Brexit, is in the national interest
The Conservatives are trying desperately to turn the clock back to 18 April, but the risk is that this just looks like another Project Fear
America will make progress on climate change despite its President, through market forces and action at state level
It was Theresa May who once said the party needed to shake this image, but the Tories’ last few proposals haven’t done them any favours, especially in the eyes of the elderly voters upon whom they so depend
As the election campaign has progressed, it has become clearer that the Prime Minister is not as good at politics as some of her admirers thought she was
Thanks in part to the unseen work of the security services, the norm in this country is for long periods to pass when the threat of terrorism is all but forgotten
There remains much to be done in the name of broader community cohesion if a small minority of disillusioned young men are not to continue turning to violence in the name of Islam
President Trump is a politician like any other, and in practice he is pursuing conventional and heavily constrained policies at home and abroad
At least the founder of WikiLeaks has suffered the rough justice of imprisoning himself in the Ecuadorian embassy for five years
If he can step back from firefighting the daily crises of an underfunded service, Mr Hunt should convene some deep thinking about assessing the unexpected challenges that might break the NHS in future
The Labour proposal to create a “Minister of Peace” is a harmless indulgence, but the realisation that issues such as climate change and water shortages will create fresh conflicts also shows a sharp awareness of the dangers to the UK’s security in the modern world
But Jeremy Corbyn’s programme is flawed and its presentation failed to inspire confidence in Labour’s competence