and what if they only intended to touch the queen, but got caught before they actually could?
that’s what happened here.
they’ll get 5 years in some candyass brit prison, where they’ll be further radicalized.
until the brits restore capital punishment and dole it out a few times, they’re second string. the germans gave up when Dresden got bombed, the Japanese surrendered after two atomic bombs were dropped. you have to display a willingness to apply overwhelming force to your existential threats, then you’ll be left alone. until a younger generation forgets the lesson. at which time you’ll go through the crap all over again.
500 years ago that would have been a drawing and quartering offense. The Brits used to know a thing or two about dispatching bad actors.
Maybe showing that sort of punishment on al-Jazeera would make an impression on terrorist wanna-bees.