“A poisonous antisemitism has become normalised in the UK,” he said. “We see it within political circles, within the media, our university campuses, in our schools. We see it in the arts, in the NHS and on our streets. It is unacceptable that antisemitic attacks are starting to become normalised.”
He added: “It is unacceptable that Iran is inspiring violence against British citizens on British soil. Why has the Iranian ambassador not been expelled? Expel him now. Ban the IRGC now.”
There were loud rounds of applause for Badenoch when she took to the stage and spoke, accompanied by chants of “Kemi, Kemi, Kemi”.
“You are not alone and Britain stands with you,” she said. “There are many people afraid to call it what it is, there are many people afraid to call it out. I am not afraid. We do need to stand against extremism, we do need to stand against Islamic extremism…I recognise this evil, I recognise this threat that wants people to feel afraid, to feel terror.
“They want you to be afraid when you step out of your house. They want you to be afraid when you go to school, when you go to work, when you go to worship. The people who want us to be afraid must never be allowed to win. So, we must fight it everywhere we can.”
She added: “To Jewish people who are worried about the country, I say to you now, Britain will always be a haven and a safe place for Jewish people.”
Representing the government, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Pat McFadden, promised “action” in tackling antisemitism. Parts of his speech were interrupted by heckling from the audience, who yelled “You’ve failed” and chants of “shame”.
Gideon Falter, of the Campaign Against Antisemitism, said the UK has become “a disgrace among the nations” over the level of antisemitism.
He said Britain, once “renowned throughout the world for tolerance and decency”, had now been “disfigured… beyond all recognition”. Islamist and far-left radicalism, he claimed, was “endangering” the country.
A video message was played from music artist Boy George, one of the most prominent names to have recently expressed solidarity with the Jewish community following repeated attacks against it. A short video featuring members of Jewish communities across the six largest diaspora countries was also shown, expressing their solidarity with the UK.
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Twenty-thousand people attend a rally outside 10 Downing Street to call on the government to take action over antisemitism, May 10, 2026 [Missing Credit]
Tice said antisemitism in this country had been allowed “to flourish” because of an “absolute absence of courage, an absence of leadership”.
“We are sick and tired of warm words from waffling politicians,” he said. “We need to ban the hate marches…we need to ban and proscribe the IRGC, we are sick of them - get out of our country! And we need to ban the dreadful, appalling Muslim Brotherhood. We want them gone.”
Davey also called for action on the IRGC, saying he “cannot believe” the group has not yet been banned in the UK.
“We need a proper plan to tackle antisemitism at its roots in schools, in faith groups, in communities, and everywhere antisemitism raises its ugly head,” he said. “We need to take action against the IRGC. I cannot believe the IRGC which promotes hatred against Jewish people, which supports violence against Jewish people is still not proscribed. We will not rest until the IRGC is proscribed.”
Fiyaz Mughal, the founder of Faith Matters, Tell MAMA and Muslims Against Antisemitism, said parts of his own faith community are “part of the problem” and that Islamist extremism was “making all our lives difficult”.
He said: “I, as a British Muslim, will continue to fight and call out the cancer within. Unless this government does not have the guts to challenge it we are going to see the cancer affect all of us…If this government doesn’t stand with you 100 per cent and call out the problem of Islamist extremism then it’s time they go.”
Lord Walney, the government’s former Independent Adviser on Political Violence and Disruption, criticised the government for a lack of “moral clarity”.
“Those who want your continued support, who tell you they will do whatever it takes, they better understand what that actually means. It means having the guts to take the power to stop these hate-infested marches. It means taking the gloves off against the evil Iranian regime, starting with banning the IRGC.
“It means stopping the wave of vandalism and violence being carried out against businesses by the Far Left in the name of Palestine. It means ending this obsession with Israel above any other country or conflict zone in the world. And above all it means a sustained, society-wide effort led by the government – this government or another government – to name and to defeat the evil of Islamist extremism. A cancer that not only drives hatred of Jews, but targets ordinary Muslims and seeks to hollow out our country from within.”
Speeches were also given by Progressive Judaism co-leads rabbis Charley Baginsky and Josh Levy, United Synagogue president Saul Taylor, Jewish Leadership Council chair Keith Black, the Bishop of Willesden Rt Revd Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy, and Board of Deputies acting president Adrian Cohen.
The Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women (AJEX) were among the organisations present at the march. Chief Executive Fiona Palmer said: “AJEX has been at the heart of the UK Jewish community's fight against antisemitism for almost one hundred years. Our resolve has never and will never falter.”
Ajex Chair Jon Tyler[Missing Credit]
Chair Jon Tyler added: “It was good to see so many people not only from across the Jewish community but also many non Jewish supporters as well as those from the Iranian community. It was welcoming to hear the speakers but we now need the Government to take the necessary action – not just words – to stop the Jew haters and those peddling lies and antisemitic tropes.”
The afternoon ended with the singing of the British national anthem and the Hatikva.
