00:00 In recent weeks and months we've seen a shocking increase in extremist disruption and criminality.
00:06 What started as protests on our streets has descended into intimidation, threats and planned acts of violence.
00:14 Jewish children fearful to wear their school uniform lest it reveal their identity.
00:20 Muslim women abused in the street for the actions of a terrorist group they have no connection with.
00:26 Now our democracy itself is a target.
00:30 Council meetings and local events have been stalled.
00:34 MPs do not feel safe in their homes.
00:37 Long-standing parliamentary conventions have been upended because of safety concerns.
00:43 And it is beyond alarming that last night the Wachdow Bar election returned a candidate
00:49 who dismisses the horror of what happened on October 7th,
00:53 who glorifies Hezbollah and is endorsed by Nick Griffin, the racist former leader of the BNP.
01:01 I need to speak to you all this evening because this situation has gone on long enough
01:07 and demands a response not just from government but from all of us.
01:12 And I say this to the police. We will back you when you take action.
01:17 But if we are asking more of the police, we in government must also back up that call with action.
01:24 To that end, this month the government will implement a new, robust framework for how it deals with this issue
01:32 to ensure that we are dealing with the root causes of this problem
01:36 and that no extremist organisations or individuals are being lent legitimacy
01:41 by their actions and interactions with central government.
01:45 You cannot be part of our civic life if your agenda is to tear it down.
01:51 We will redouble our support for the Prevent programme to stop young minds being poisoned by extremism.
01:58 We will demand that universities stop extremist activity on campus.
02:02 We will also act to prevent people entering this country whose aim is to undermine its values.
02:09 The Home Secretary has instructed that if those here on visas choose to spew hate,
02:15 protest or seek to intimidate people, we will remove their right to be here.
02:21 And our Britain must not be a country in which we descend into polarised camps,
02:28 with some communities living parallel lives.
02:32 It is not enough to live side by side, we must live together, united by shared values
02:39 and a shared commitment to this country.
02:43 And I want to speak directly to those who choose to continue to protest.
02:48 Don't let the extremists hijack your marches.
02:52 You have a chance in the coming weeks to show that you can protest decently, peacefully
02:57 and with empathy for your fellow citizens.
03:00 Let us prove these extremists wrong and show them that even when we disagree,
03:06 we will never be disunited from our common values of decency and respect.
03:12 If we do that, we can build on our great achievement in creating today's Britain,
03:19 a country of kind, decent, tolerant people.
03:24 We can make this a country in which we all feel a renewed sense of pride.
03:29 This is our home.
03:32 So let us go forward together, confident in our values and confident in our future.
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