Sunak Vows UK Crackdown on Protests Over Gaza After Galloway Win
- Premier delivers rare statement in Downing Street late Friday
- Says Islamist and far-right extremists threatening democracy
Rishi Sunak speaks at a news conference in London on March 1.
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Rishi Sunak warned that Islamist and far-right extremists are undermining British democracy, as he urged police to take a tougher approach to the protest marches since the Israel-Hamas war.
In a rare and suddenly arranged speech in Downing Street late Friday, Sunak said the UK’s “streets have been hijacked by small groups” who are threatening to “tear us apart.” He said his government would announce a more robust framework this month for policing the protests, which have become a regular weekend feature in many British cities but especially in London.