Could calling attacks like Southport 'terrorism' help to prevent them?

Keir Starmer says that terrorism has 'changed' and that the problem must be urgently addressed. But the system is fluid when it comes to what classifies as terrorism

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Could calling attacks like Southport 'terrorism' help to prevent them?

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