{"id":21179,"date":"2026-05-05T18:59:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T18:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/21179\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T18:59:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T18:59:23","slug":"we-really-need-to-act-ed-davey-backs-govt-move-to-fast-track-hate-crime-prosecutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/21179\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;We really need to act&#8217;: Ed Davey backs govt move to fast-track hate crime prosecutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"&#039;We really need to act&#039;: Ed Davey backs govt move to fast-track hate crime prosecutions\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l_uNBQl1cdc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\n&#8216;We really need to act&#8217;: Ed Davey backs govt move to fast-track hate crime prosecutions<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe government has pledged to fast-track hate crime prosecutions following a series of recent attacks on the Jewish community, alongside new measures aimed at tackling antisemitism across society.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Sky News, Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said: \u201cWe now really need to act. We&#8217;ve had too many warnings, too many attacks on synagogues, too much hatred being spread.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether pro-Palestinian marches should be banned, he added: \u201cI leave those decisions to the police on a case-by-case basis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He adds, \u201cof course, we must protect freedom of speech and the right to protest. But some of these marches have been hijacked by people preaching hate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Live updates: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/politics-latest-keir-starmer-elections-ukraine-12593360<\/p>\n<p>#eddavey #antisemitism #protests #ukpolitics #skynews<\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&#038;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Listen to our new podcast This is Why, available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/thisiswhy<\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;We really need to act&#8217;: Ed Davey backs govt move to fast-track hate crime prosecutions The government has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21180,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2836,16959,2367,2177,2930,2842,2369,2370,7272,736,296,341,267],"class_list":{"0":"post-21179","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sky-news","8":"tag-antisemitism","9":"tag-cathy-newman","10":"tag-ed-davey","11":"tag-government","12":"tag-jewish-community","13":"tag-jews","14":"tag-lib-dems","15":"tag-liberal-democrats","16":"tag-marches","17":"tag-racism","18":"tag-sky-news","19":"tag-uk-news","20":"tag-uk-politics"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@videos\/116523541678501462","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}