Kemi Badenoch

And I talked about it in my speech in Washington, that you take a liberal value like the right to protest. It's very special. And then you have people saying, oh, we're just protesting. We're just protesting. But actually what they are doing is intimidating Jews. If you're just protesting, why are you ripping down posters of missing children. How could you do that?

And I talked about it in my speech in Washington, that you take a liberal value like the right to protest. It's very special. And then you have people saying, oh, we're just protesting. We're just protesting. But actually what they are doing is intimidating Jews. If you're just protesting, why are you ripping down posters of missing children. How could you do that?

And I talked about it in my speech in Washington, that you take a liberal value like the right to protest. It's very special. And then you have people saying, oh, we're just protesting. We're just protesting. But actually what they are doing is intimidating Jews. If you're just protesting, why are you ripping down posters of missing children. How could you do that?

If all you were talking about was other people's freedoms, you would not want to remove the freedoms of those who want to talk about their families. You know, just last week, I was speaking to the mother of a hostage, Emily Damari's mother, Mandy. It's unbelievable what people are going through. What kind of human being are you to rip down

If all you were talking about was other people's freedoms, you would not want to remove the freedoms of those who want to talk about their families. You know, just last week, I was speaking to the mother of a hostage, Emily Damari's mother, Mandy. It's unbelievable what people are going through. What kind of human being are you to rip down

If all you were talking about was other people's freedoms, you would not want to remove the freedoms of those who want to talk about their families. You know, just last week, I was speaking to the mother of a hostage, Emily Damari's mother, Mandy. It's unbelievable what people are going through. What kind of human being are you to rip down

a poster of a missing child, of missing mothers and children. And it's very obvious to me what is happening. It doesn't mean that everybody on the protest feels that way, but it's quite clear that many people used those protests as a cover for anti-Semitism. It was very clear. And that should never happen. Why did we allow it to happen is a more interesting question.

a poster of a missing child, of missing mothers and children. And it's very obvious to me what is happening. It doesn't mean that everybody on the protest feels that way, but it's quite clear that many people used those protests as a cover for anti-Semitism. It was very clear. And that should never happen. Why did we allow it to happen is a more interesting question.

a poster of a missing child, of missing mothers and children. And it's very obvious to me what is happening. It doesn't mean that everybody on the protest feels that way, but it's quite clear that many people used those protests as a cover for anti-Semitism. It was very clear. And that should never happen. Why did we allow it to happen is a more interesting question.

And I remember the discussions we were having at the time. And there were certainly two schools of thought. My view was that we needed to show some moral courage. The prime minister needed to come out and say this was not acceptable in October, really. Those protests started even before Israel had invaded Gaza.

And I remember the discussions we were having at the time. And there were certainly two schools of thought. My view was that we needed to show some moral courage. The prime minister needed to come out and say this was not acceptable in October, really. Those protests started even before Israel had invaded Gaza.

And I remember the discussions we were having at the time. And there were certainly two schools of thought. My view was that we needed to show some moral courage. The prime minister needed to come out and say this was not acceptable in October, really. Those protests started even before Israel had invaded Gaza.

And there's another school of thought, which I call laissez-faire, which is that, well, you shouldn't do anything because if you do that, you're stopping other people's freedoms. And actually, you know, you can't interrupt the police, let the police out.

And there's another school of thought, which I call laissez-faire, which is that, well, you shouldn't do anything because if you do that, you're stopping other people's freedoms. And actually, you know, you can't interrupt the police, let the police out.

And there's another school of thought, which I call laissez-faire, which is that, well, you shouldn't do anything because if you do that, you're stopping other people's freedoms. And actually, you know, you can't interrupt the police, let the police out.

carry out their policing and you know we just tell them what we want but the police themselves are often confused because if they're heavy-handed they get labeled as racist and then if they're not heavy-handed then you know people think that they are it's two-tier policing we need leaders we need political leaders who can say this is what's right this is what's wrong this is unacceptable but they got to the point where there were so many people because it wasn't nipped in the bud it then in my view became out of control you need to take back some of that control

carry out their policing and you know we just tell them what we want but the police themselves are often confused because if they're heavy-handed they get labeled as racist and then if they're not heavy-handed then you know people think that they are it's two-tier policing we need leaders we need political leaders who can say this is what's right this is what's wrong this is unacceptable but they got to the point where there were so many people because it wasn't nipped in the bud it then in my view became out of control you need to take back some of that control

carry out their policing and you know we just tell them what we want but the police themselves are often confused because if they're heavy-handed they get labeled as racist and then if they're not heavy-handed then you know people think that they are it's two-tier policing we need leaders we need political leaders who can say this is what's right this is what's wrong this is unacceptable but they got to the point where there were so many people because it wasn't nipped in the bud it then in my view became out of control you need to take back some of that control

So this is why I used the phrase moral courage, that we need to have some courage. There is a lot of fear. I think that a lot of the fear is unfounded, but there's also a sort of lack of knowledge and ignorance about how to talk about these issues. So I will often get asked, usually by mischief-making journalists, I should say, oh, this is just Muslims. Why aren't you just saying the word Muslim?

So this is why I used the phrase moral courage, that we need to have some courage. There is a lot of fear. I think that a lot of the fear is unfounded, but there's also a sort of lack of knowledge and ignorance about how to talk about these issues. So I will often get asked, usually by mischief-making journalists, I should say, oh, this is just Muslims. Why aren't you just saying the word Muslim?