Richard Burgon, an MP for the UK’s Labour Party, has taken aim at Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s speech overnight warning of growing extremism among protests related to the war in Gaza, reports Al Jazeera.
“The huge peaceful protests over Gaza are not a threat to our democracy,” Burgon, an MP for Leeds, said on X.
“They’re a key part of it. Their call for a Ceasefire Now is backed by 71% of the public. Rishi Sunak’s desperate attacks on the protests are simply because his Government knows it has lost the argument.”
Burgon’s remarks come after Sunak gave an impromptu speech outside Number 10 Downing Street, warning that democracy was under threat due to “a shocking increase in extremist disruption and criminality” by both Islamists and far-right groups.
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