The Jewish Chronicle

May: “As PM, I stand with you”

- BY LEE HARPIN POLITICAL EDITOR

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.”

 ?? PHOTO: BLAKE EZRA PHOTOGRAPH­Y ?? Theresa May at the UJIA dinner
PHOTO: BLAKE EZRA PHOTOGRAPH­Y Theresa May at the UJIA dinner

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