DC writes - remembering the victims of the Brighton Bombing

Prime Minister David Cameron writes ...




Thirty years ago today, Britain woke up to the news of the Brighton bombing.

On a night of unspeakable horror, IRA terrorists tried to wipe out our country's democratically-elected government.

Five people were murdered that night - Anthony Berry, Roberta Wakeham, Eric Taylor, Muriel Maclean and Jeanne Shattock - and many more suffered appalling injuries, including Lord Tebbit and his wife Margaret.

I will never forget those shocking images as members of the emergency services scrambled over the rubble to rescue those wounded in the blast. But I also remember Margaret Thatcher's defiant response later that day.

She declared Britain will never be cowed by terrorists and said their sickening attempts to destroy our democracy would fail.

It is a message we repeat today as we face down the threat from violent extremism, whether in the skies over Iraq or on the streets of our towns and cities.

As we remember today those killed and injured in Brighton, we must renew our vow that terrorism must never win.

If you would like to leave a message of condolence or reflection about that night thirty years ago, please do so on my Facebook post.

Yours,

David Cameron

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