The attacks in Paris and Brussels are a reminder that
we face this threat in Europe together. We cannot just build a wall at Dover
and hope these threats go away. I take our ongoing security very seriously, and
a joint approach is always better than a disjointed approach.
We are better together, with much closer security
cooperation between our European nations becoming ever more essential. This is
the view of the Home Secretary, and only yesterday, Jonathan Evans and John Sawers, former heads of MI5
and MI6 respectively, stated unequivocally that Britain is safer inside the
European Union.
The immediate threat has both grown, and it has
changed in its nature, and we will only succeed in overcoming it by working
much more closely together.
On issues of security
it would be madness to leave Europe. The BBC take on this and the report of both sides is here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36243296