Hate Speech Urgent Question House of Commons

Home Secretary, Amber Rudd. Britain

first is an extremist organisation

which seeks to divide communities

through their use of hateful

narratives which spread lies and

stoke tensions. The deputy leader of

Britain first is subject to a

pending criminal trial accused of

religiously aggravated... British

people overwhelmingly reject the

prejudiced rhetoric of the far right

which is the antithesis of the

values that this country represents,

decency, tolerance, respect. We will

stand with them in doing so. This is

why we launched our counter

extremism strategy in 2015 and why

we launched the hate crime action

plan just last year. So this House

should be clear that this Government

will not tolerate any groups which

spread hate by demonising those of

other faiths or read the beasties or

he deliberately create tensions in

communities. We have been clear that

President Donald Trump was wrong to

re-tweet posts from Britain first.

When we look at the wider picture,

the relationship between the UK and

America, I know how valuable the

prejudice between our two nations

and as Home Secretary, I can tell

the House that the importance of the

relationship between our countries,

the unparalleled sharing of

intelligence between our countries

is vital. It has undoubtedly saved

British lives. That is the bigger

picture here and I would urge people

to remember that.

Stephen Docherty.

I thank the Home Secretary for her

answer. You will recall that the

last time I raised this with you, it

was to state that after his

behaviour, President Trump should

not be afforded the opportunity to

address this and the Other House. I

appreciate those words and the

extraordinary events we have seen in

the last 48 hours show why this

House was right to make the call

about him coming here and why the

premature offer of a state visit

should not now go ahead. Let me be

clear. I condemn the original

content of what was shared as a

borrowed and anybody who shares

information such as that online,

whether that be those pretending to

act in the name of Islam or

anti-Semites should rightly be

exposed and dealt with. But let's be

be clear. This is the president of

the United States sharing with

millions inflammatory and divisive

comments deliberately posted to

spread hatred by a convicted

criminal who is facing further

challenges who represents the vile

fascist organisations seeking to

spread hatred online. By sharing it,

he is either a racist, incompetent,

I'm thinking or all three. Can the

Home Secretary please explain what

the Government is doing to crack

down on the activities of Britain

first and other far right

organisations including online?