Theresa May finally criticises Donald Trump's white supremacism meltdown - but carefully avoids mentioning him by name

Theresa May has commented for the first time on
Donald Trump's meltdown defending people who
attended a white supremacist rally.
The Prime Minister, who spoke as she returned from
a three-week holiday, said all those in power must
condemn far right views.
She criticised him implicitly by saying there was no
"equivalence" between fascists and anti-fascists.
But she appeared to carefully avoid mentioning the US
President by name.
She said: "I see no equivalence between those who
propound fascist views and those who oppose them.
"I think it is important for all those in positions of
responsibility to condemn far right views wherever we
hear them."
Speaking on a visit to Britain's new £3billion HMS
Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier she added: "As I
made clear at the weekend following the horrendous
scenes that we saw in Charlottesville, I absolutely
abhor the racism, the hatred and the violence that we
have seen portrayed by these groups.
"The United Kingdom has taken action to ban far-right
groups here, we have proscribed certain far- right
groups here in the United Kingdom.
"And there is no equivalence."
When the row was brewing two days ago Mrs May's
official spokesman said: "What the President says is a
matter for him."
Then, last night, Trump gave a bombshell press
conference in which he claimed the press had treated
people who attended a white supremacist rally in
Charlottesville, Virginia, unfairly.
People who attended the rally were seen chanting
"Jews will not replace us" and "blood and soil", a Nazi
propaganda slogan.
The President, who had hours earlier singled out neo-
Nazis for criticism, shocked the world by claiming
there were "fine people" at the rally and condemning
"very violent" people protesting against it.
The President blamed "both sides" for violence
despite a white nationalist protester allegedly killing
an anti-racism protester by mowing her down with a
car.
Senior Tories had joined the condemnation of the
President before Mrs May spoke up.
Cabinet minister Sajid Javid tweeted: "Neo-Nazis:
bad. Anti-Nazis: good. I learned that as a child. It was
pretty obvious."
Prisons minister Sam Gyimah added: "Words matter.
Silence matters. We must call out hate -
unambiguously - to preserve the free & tolerant
society many have fought & die for.
"The ‘leader of the free world’ loses moral authority
when he cannot call fascism by its name."
Labour MPs called for the President's state visit to
Britain, which has already been delayed until 2018, to
be cancelled.
Shadow defence secretary Nia Griffith tweeted: "A
state visit by #DonaldTrump would shame this country
and betray all we stand for. Theresa May should
revoke the invitation immediately."
Nottingham South MP Lilian Greenwood said Mr
Trump's comments were "sickening" and a "new low".
"When will UK Govt admit he should never had been
invited for a state visit?" she wrote on Twitter.
US media reported Trump himself was reluctant to
come to Britain if he would be faced by protests in
the street.
Violence erupted in Charlottesville, Virginia, on
Saturday after a group of far-right extremists gathered
to protest a decision to remove a statue of a
Confederate general.
Heather Heyer, 32, later died when a car was driven
into crowds as anti-fascist demonstrators clashed
with the white supremacists.
Mr Trump faced heavy criticism in the immediate
wake of the unrest after he said there was blame on
"many sides".
He took two days to condemn the actions of the far-
right groups in particular, eventually branding the KKK,
neo-Nazis and white supremacists as "repugnant to
everything that we hold dear as Americans" in a
statement on Monday.
However, during a boisterous press conference at his
Manhattan residence on Tuesday the president
appeared to have reverted to his previous position.
He acknowledged there were "some very bad people"
among the statue protesters, but added: "You also
had people that were very fine people, on both sides".
In the hours after the comments the hashtag
#ImpeachTrump trended worldwide on Twitter.
Theresa May finally
criticises Donald Trump's
white supremacism
meltdown - but carefully
avoids mentioning him by
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