THE horrific attacks on hundreds of innocent civilians in Paris has touched us all. These murderous assaults could so easily have happened in London or even here in Oxford. We must act in solidarity with the people of Paris to bring these terrorists to justice.

Their medieval death cult is a complete perversion of Islam. They aim quite simply to destroy western civilisation. Islamic State want to crush the very principles of ‘liberty, equality and fraternity’, which the French, and the rest of us, hold so dear.

The Tory Government is right to support, where we can, those Muslims who are fighting Islamic State. We must also stop those who are funding and arming the terrorists, or buying oil from them.

The worst thing we can do is to blame the refugees for what has happened.

But this is certainly not the time to cut spending on our police and conventional armed forces.

Restoring taxes on the wealthy, so that we can properly stand up to the killers and suicide bombers, is the right thing to do.

Cllr JOHN TANNER (Labour)
City Councillor for Littlemore & County Councillor for Isis
Sunningwell Road, Oxford