Tom Tugendhat said threats to any community are taken ‘extremely seriously’.
Britain’s security minister has rejected comments made by the Government’s independent counter-extremism adviser in which he said the UK is a ‘permissive environment’ for antisemitism
Asked about the comments, Mr Tugendhat told Times Radio: “No, I don’t agree with that. I think that the United Kingdom is a country and an environment in which we take all threats to any communities extremely seriously. The minister also emphasised the right to freedom of expression as “absolutely fundamental” to democracy.
“I’m not going to be apologetic about freedom of speech… but I will stand up and say very clearly that proscribed organisations seeking to spread terror or hate in our community should be prevented from doing so and those who champion them should be arrested.”
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