They are sustained by our most important local and national institutions.
These values – such as regard for the rule of law, participation in and acceptance of democracy, equality, free speech and respect for minorities – are supported by the overwhelming majority of British people. Instead, the foundation stone of our new strategy is the proud promotion of British values. The starting point of the new strategy is the emphatic rejection of the misconception that in a liberal democracy like Britain, “anything goes”, the belief that living in a society like ours means there aren’t really any fundamental rules or norms. So today, I want to talk to you about what we will need to do to defeat extremism in Britain, what our new strategy will deliver, and how we build the partnership we will need to prevail. But it also recognises that neither government nor civil society can do this alone – we must form a new and real partnership between individual people, families, local communities, internet companies, government and civil society as a whole to defeat the extremists. The strategy is based on the belief that the response to extremism must come from the whole of government and it must be delivered by all agencies. This strategy aims to tackle the whole spectrum of extremism, violent and non-violent, ideological and non-ideological, Islamist and neo-Nazi – hate and fear in all their forms. That is why last October, I announced that the Home Office was for the first time taking responsibility within government for developing a completely new counter-extremism strategy. As events in Tunisia and elsewhere around the world show, the threat we face from terrorism and extremism is changing, almost by the day. I want to send my sympathies, and those of the Government, to the family and friends of Sally Adey, who was killed in the terrorist attack carried out last Wednesday in Tunisia. We meet today in the shadow of other tragic events around the world. And it is also great to see here today so many others whose tireless energy is deployed working with young people to push back against the influence of extremists across the country. Your work with young people in helping them to see the emptiness of extremism is truly inspiring. The Foundation for Peace was the vision of two families, who in the face of tragedy, chose to turn grief into good. We all remember the awful events that took place in Warrington all those years ago. The Foundation for Peace is one of the finest examples of how families, communities and government can come together and, by working in partnership, respond to the issues at the heart of what I want to talk about today.
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