Manchester Synagogue Attack: PM Tells Protesters To ‘Respect Grief Of British Jews’
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4.4 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Today, Laura has visited the scene of the Manchester synagogue attack and spoken to members of the local community.
Paddy and Laura discuss the political reaction to Thursday’s attack on the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue.
Plus, Kemi Badenoch has arrived in Manchester for her first Conservative party conference as leader. What’s at stake for her? And are we about to see her vision of Badenochism?
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:06.0 | So I am here in Laura Coonsberg's normal seat. |
| 0:10.3 | So Laura Coonsberg is obviously not here. |
| 0:13.1 | It looks like you're in a containment vessel somewhere. |
| 0:15.9 | Where are you? |
| 0:16.6 | I am in the glorious BBC studios in Salford, just next to the fine, fine city of Manchester. |
| 0:23.0 | Because the Conservatives are going to Manchester? |
| 0:26.5 | They are. |
| 0:27.3 | And so we were always planning to be here this weekend to bring our programme on Sunday mornings |
| 0:32.7 | to our viewers from the venue of the Tory Party conference, |
| 0:36.4 | as is tradition and convention and speak |
| 0:38.6 | to the party leader, which we will be doing this morning. However, for all the wrong reasons to |
| 0:43.9 | coming to Manchester this weekend, has proven to be as an opportunity to go and see and speak |
| 0:52.5 | to some of the people in the community who've been caught up in a terrible attack on Thursday morning. |
| 0:58.8 | So we'll be talking about the Conservatives, hopes and dreams and fears for the next few days, |
| 1:03.8 | but also the ongoing aftermath of the terrible attack on the synagogue in Manchester. |
| 1:08.9 | All on Saturday's newscast. |
| 1:12.8 | Newscast from the BBC. |
| 1:15.1 | Fat boy sliver me in the classroom |
| 1:16.6 | doing our violin lessons. I was the tappletail |
| 1:18.9 | in the class. Can I have an apology please? |
| 1:20.7 | I trust almost nobody. |
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