The Salisbury attack was appalling. But we must avoid a drift to conflict | Jeremy Corbyn

Britain needs to hold the perpetrators to account. Yet this is not a time for hasty judgments that could lead to a new cold war

• Jeremy Corbyn is leader of the Labour party

There can be no one in Britain who is not outraged by the appalling attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury last week. The use of military nerve agents on the streets of Britain is barbaric and beyond reckless. This horrific event demands first of all the most thorough and painstaking criminal investigation, conducted by our police and security services. They have a right to expect full support in their work, just as the public should also be able to expect calm heads and a measured response from their political leaders. To rush way ahead of the evidence being gathered by the police, in a fevered parliamentary atmosphere, serves neither justice nor our national security.

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