Sunak to make an announcement in Downing Street at 17.40

[Westfacing]

Beth Rigby of Sky News says they've been reliably informed it's not going to be about a General Election, so what will it be?

Only 20% of this constituency are Muslim/Asian if that’s what you’re implying. Stop kidding yourself that only Muslims care that a genocide is taking place in Gaza with Rishi acting as a cheerleader.

we are supposedly an ‘ally’ of Israel, yet we have to drop food and medicine to Gazans from an aeroplane - has the penny not dropped yet. This is fucking insanity.

https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/trackers/sympathies-for-the-israelis-palestinian-conflict

54% of people don’t know or don’t feel particular supportive of either Israelis or Palestinians.

The tide is turning but not in the direction you think it is.

It’s more like 36% and turnout was around 40%. I wouldn’t be surprised if he lost in November.

@Silence1

55% of the electorate support capital punishment for multiple murders or a murder of a child, but it's never going to happen.
57% of the electorate supports rejoining the EU immediately but that's equally not going to happen.
57% also want a burqua ban, also not going to happen.

Democracy does not mean the public get what they want public want.

Yeah, I feel a definite shift.
I've been saying it for ages, but have been uncomfortable with the rise in far right for a while now - it's been simmering underneath "reasonable concerns" on topics on here for ages and people have always poo pooed it if you brought it up.
Now the politicians are bringing it more into the open, I find more and more people are finally noticing and starting to speak out against it more.At one time you'd practically have been a lone voice.
Hopefully it is a shift and we get rid of them this time round.

I can't think how he can justify criticising extremism when he said nothing about Braverman, and dragged his feet on 30p Lee. 🤷🏾‍♀️

I was really hoping he would call an election....instead we got a damp squib, like tears lost in the rain...

Interested in what makes the majority of people in Rochdale anti-Semitic, asking for a genuinely informed answer so I can better learn and understand.

Or when he is claiming to stand shoulder to shoulder with a foreign government that includes the likes of Ben Gvir and Smotrich!

Exactly

Sometimes your safe every day lives need to be disrupted. Or do we all just lie down and accept every thing? .

Yes, but I’m not sure ‘our’ politicians are innocent where saddam is concerned:

https://archive.globalpolicy.org/iraq-conflict-the-historical-background-/us-and-british-support-for-huss-regime.html#:~:text=US%20intelligence%20helped%20Saddam's%20Ba,strongman%20Abd%20al%2DKarim%20Qassem.

30pflee was thrown out for failing to apologise for Islamophobic comments, not for the comments themselves.

Sunak, Dowden and every MP who has defended this is accepting of what he said.

Braverman, Badenoch are as bad and no action has been taken against them.

Liz Truss thinks that Tommy Robinson (BNP) is a hero.

How dare he lecture the country about extremism. He needs to start by looking in the mirror, and then at those he stands alongside.

I’m wondering if Rishi reads this thread he’ll threaten to report mumsnet and its users to the police next… 🤔

I remember some were, maybe 20 years ago, but I suppose people have got used to it. I don't like and would never use it and I'm not a Muslim

If people are voting for George Gallaway surely that tells you how fucked up British politics is right now,

Rishi is out of his depth, and I think the majority well probably all politicians in high positions are just self serving, it was easier to hide in the past before the internet but not so much now, plus things in general seem to be getting worse not better for the general population in society 🤷🏻‍♀️

@dandeliondandy That's exactly what I was thinking. The irony!
Sunak - Galloway's a disaster, bring out the lectern but meanwhile Sunak stands with Ben Givr and Smotrich

Also some European politics, never mind USA.

And even some of the supposedly more moderate like Herzog have been photographed signing bombs to be dropped on Gaza and quoted in SA's case for plausible genocide!

This little podium stunt seemed rather OTT to me. As Beth Rigby said, it is usually reserved for big events like a resignation or to call an election and all we got was Roland Rat giving us a lecture!

I'm finding it quite scary to see the people here who seem to be falling for Sunak's distraction tactics to discourage people from considering the role of the government's incompetence and corruption in the problems besetting this country. If people are protesting more, maybe that's because there's a lot of stuff to protest about - admittedly not all this government's making, but often the problem is their inaction rather than what they are doing.

Behave your selves plebs. What about British values? Whatever the fuck they are? Doffing your caps to the Royals or something.

What has this bit got to do with extremism?

"When these groups claim that Britain is and has been on the wrong side of history, we should reject it, and reject it again.
No country is perfect, but I am enormously proud of the good that our country has done.
Our place in history is defined by the sacrifices our people have made,
…in the service of our own freedom and that of others.
And when these groups tell children that they cannot - and will not - succeed because of who they are…
When they tell children that the system is rigged against them or that Britain is a racist country…
This is not only a lie, but a cynical attempt to crush young dreams, and turn impressionistic minds against their own society.
I stand here as our country’s first non-white Prime Minister, leading the most diverse government in our country’s history…
…to tell people of all races, all faiths and all backgrounds…
…it is not the colour of your skin, the God you believe in or where you were born, that will determine your success…
…but just your own hard work and endeavour.
We must be prepared to stand up for our shared values in all circumstances, no matter how difficult."

Because I believe that the UK is often not on the right side of history.
I believe that there are barriers in life and you can face hurdles through no fault of your own but people treat you differently depending on your identity.

I know that just because he was able to do well, it does not mean there are no issues. You can work hard but life can be rigged against them.

Does that make me an extremist?