Rishi Sunak blasts hateful groups amid rise in extremism and says UK is not racist country

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he feared the country s achievements in building a multiethnic, multifaith democracy was being undermined, as he spoke out against a rise in extremism and criminality. In recent weeks and months, we ve seen a shocking increase in extremist disruption and criminality, Sunak said in an address late on Friday (March 1) outside his Downing Street office. We are a country where we love our neighbours, and we are building Britain together. But I fear that our great achievement in building the world s most successful multiethnic multifaith democracy is being deliberately The UK leader said the police force has the government s backing to manage and police protests, including those against the war in Gaza, to prevent the infiltration of extremism. Britain must not be a country in which we descend into polarised camps, with some communities living parallel lives, said Suna