Theresa May today echoed Margaret Thatcher with a stark rallying cry to Tory activists to defend British values from Islamist extremism. The Home Secretary said the country needed to ‘face down extremism in all its forms’ in the wake of the murder of British hostage David Haines by a UK-linked ISIS terrorist. She said: ‘We must stand up for our values. Because, in the end, as they have done before, those values, our British values, will win the day, and we will prevail.’ The remarks are reminiscent of Mrs Thatcher’s famous address to the Tory conference in 1984 after the Brighton bomb attack.
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Top Tory said the country needed to 'face down extremism in all its forms'
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Mrs May said the country needed to ‘face down extremism in all its forms
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Remarks reminiscent of Mrs Thatcher’s address to 1984 Tory conference
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Home Secretary also warned ISIS terrorists were a direct threat to Britain
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She said a nuclear-armed 'terrorist state' risked being established
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