May: “As PM, I stand with you”
THERESA MAY has spoken of her outrage after a poll for the JC revealed that nearly 40 per cent of British Jews would seriously consider leaving the country if Jeremy Corbyn came to power.
In a passionate speech to more than 800 guests at Monday’s United Jewish Israel Appeal (UJIA) dinner in central London, the PM said: “I saw that poll on the front page of the Jewish Chronicle and it sickens me that anyone should feel like that in our country.
“I do not underestimate the threat posed by those who promote antisemitism or hatred in any form. Nor the pernicious nature of what those people say and what they stand for.”
“But I do not believe those voices speak for the vast, overwhelming majority of people in our country… And most importantly, I do not believe that those voices will ever win. We will not let them win.”
In a reference to a recently unearthed speech Mr Corbyn gave attacking British “Zionists” in 2013, the PM said: “Nothing excuses antisemitism — not comedy, not satire - not even irony.”
Mrs May told the audience at the Grosvenor House Hotel: “I have come here tonight as Prime Minister of our country to say that I stand with you.
“I stand with the UJIA. I stand with Israel as the homeland of the Jewish people. And I stand with the entire Jewish community in Britain.”