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Sajid Javid praises Nigel Farage for ignoring 'thugs and racists'

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Home Secretary Sajid Javid makes a speech in central London on confronting extremism as he calls on public figures to "moderate their language" to halt the spread of poisonous ideologies. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Friday July 19, 2019. See PA story POLITICS Extremism. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire
Sajid Javid praised Nigel Farage for ignoring 'thugs and racists' during a speech on confronting extremism (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)

Sajid Javid has praised Nigel Farage for ignoring ‘thugs and racists’ in a speech against extremism.

Speaking at a ‘Confronting Extremism Together’ event, the Home Secretary said while the Brexit Party had not made his life any easier, “they are not extremists”.

The move is seen by some as an effort by Mr Javid and the Conservative Party as a whole to extend an olive branch to the Brexit Party and woo back some of the support they lost to Mr Farage’s party.

Brexit Party chairman Nigel Farage addresses the media during a news conference focussing on postal votes in London, Monday, June 24, 2019. Farage called for an end to the election postal votes system under its current form. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Mr Javid said while the Brexit Party had not made his life easier, it was not extremist (Picture: AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Mr Javid said Ukip had “floundered” since it had moved further right and accepted advice from EDL founder Tommy Robinson.

Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was last week jailed for contempt of court after live-streaming footage of defendants in the trial of sexual grooming gang in 2018.

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Mr Javid added: “And we must give credit where credit is due. So I applaud Nigel Farage for walking away, calling Ukip ‘thugs and extremists’.

“Even though his Brexit Party has not made my life any easier, I want to be clear - they are not extremists.

“Because it doesn’t help to exaggerate the problem, to demonise anyone with a different view and to see danger when it is not there.”

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