PureGym boycott 'threatened by thousands' after CEO'S comments on BBC Question Time
dailyrecord.co.ukPureGym customers have threatened to "boycott" the company after its CEO, Humphrey Cobbold, made remarks suggesting he supported selling arms to Israel.The businessman was a panelist on BBC Question Time this week and told the audience in Stoke-on-Trent: "I think we should support, in general, the Israeli government in being able to defend themselves."Cobbold's comments were met with contempt from pro-Palestine supporters and "#BoycottPureGym" has been trending on X, formly Twitter, in response.
Many have said they have cancelled their memberships.Cobbold' said he was "deeply concerned" about Israel’s bombardment in Gaza, which has killed 34,000 people, but the UK should not forget the orginal cause of Israel's attack after Hamas killed more than 1,400 and took 252 hostage on October 7.Host Fiona Bruce asked him whether the UK government should stop supplying weapons to Israel, Cobbold replied: 'I'm not aware of which specific weapons the US is stopping.
They've got a lot more weapons they're shipping than we are.'They've stopped some big bombs which sounds like a very sensible thing to stop doing.
I mean a couple of points on that.'I certainly think any weapons that are required for defence and for the Iron Dome, I see no reason why we wouldn't do that.'We saw horrendous attacks on Israel from Iran that were dealt with partly by British and American forces as well as we saw and I think defensive weapons should still be allowed to go through.'On the broader question, we send very little in terms of armaments to Israel in reality.
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