Keir Starmer says Britain is facing a ‘new threat of terrorism from loners’

'The blunt truth here is that this case is a sign Britain now faces a new threat'

Speaking at a Downing Street press conference this morning, the Prime Minister said: "The blunt truth here is that this case is a sign Britain now faces a new threat. Terrorism has changed in the past.

"The predominant threat was highly organized groups with clear political intent, groups like Al-Qaeda.

"That threat, of course, remains, but now alongside that, we also see acts of extreme violence perpetrated by loners, misfits, young men in their bedroom accessing all manner of material, online, desperate but notoriety, sometimes inspired by traditional terrorist groups, but fixated on that extreme violence, seemingly for its own sake."

The Prime Minister was speaking in the aftermath of Southport attacker, Axel Rudakubana's, guilty plea yesterday afternoon.

Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, were killed in the knife attack at The Hart Space in July last year.