BBC Question Time row erupts as thousands threaten to boycott PureGym | Politics | News
Thousands of Brits are threatening to “boycott” PureGym, the UK’s most popular gym brand, after its CEO said Britain should “support” the Israeli government “in being able to defend themselves”. Speaking on BBC Question Time last night, Humphrey Cobbold told the audience in Stoke-on-Trent: “I think we should support, in general, the Israeli government in being able to defend themselves.” His remarks have been met with scorn from pro-Palestine supporters, who have been circulating “#BoycottPureGym” on X, formerly Twitter. Almost ten thousand people have used the hashtag, including Dilly Hussain, the controversial deputy editor of the UK Islamic news website 5Pillars. His post on X has been viewed more than 112,000 times and the post by 5Pillars on the same platform is just shy of half a million views. Speaking on Question Time last night, the boss of PureGym, which has more than one million UK members, said: “Ten times the number of people sitting in this room tonight now were murdered on the October 7 [attacks] in cold blood. “Double the number of people …