PM rails against 'extremist forces trying to tear us apart' in Downing Street address

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Sunak warns of 'threats' to British democracy, takes swipe at pro-Palestinian MP George Galloway

In a rare address outside No.10 Downing Street on Friday (Mar 1) night, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak issued a stark warning about the challenges facing British democracy. In his address, he said that British democracy is facing "intimidation, threats and planned acts of violence."  This comes a day after Sunak met police chiefs to deliberate on ways to safeguard the "people, processes and institutions" in British democracy.

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UK PM Rishi Sunak makes impassioned plea to protect British democracy, ‘forces here trying to tear us apart’

Rishi Sunak was speaking soon after what he characterised as the ‘beyond alarming’ win in a byelection on Thursday of a controversial politician, George Galloway, in Greater Manchester following a campaign dominated by the divisions of the Israel-Hamas conflict.

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"Beyond Alarming": Rishi Sunak's Impassioned Plea To Save British Democracy

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has issued an impassioned plea for Britain to protect its democracy as he warned that extremist forces were out to tear the country apart and undermine its multi-faith identity.

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Rishi Sunak’s warning on extremists ‘welcome – albeit belated’

Saturday’s newspapers say the Prime Minister’s words need to be followed by actions.

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Extremists trying to tear us apart, says Rishi Sunak in impromptu speech – video

Rishi Sunak has claimed extremist groups in the UK are 'trying to tear us apart', in a hastily arranged statement late on Friday. Standing outside Downing Street, the prime minister condemned what he called 'a shocking increase in extremist disruption and criminality' after the 7 October massacre by Hamas and the Israeli invasion of Gaza. He also claimed democracy itself was a target as he condemned George Galloway's victory in Rochdale's byelec…

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Following the increase in antisemitic crimes and attacks on Muslims, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called for more unity in the fight against extremists on Friday. Islamists and right-wing extremists tried to poison the spirits and destroy trust and hope, he says.