British deputy prime minister tells JD Vance he was wrong to blame immigration for teen’s murder
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s deputy prime minister said Sunday that he told U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance that he was wrong to blame immigration. death of university student He was handcuffed as he was about to die from his stab wound.
David Lammy, who is also the justice minister, said he challenged Vance in what he called a “robust” phone call on Saturday. Lammy and Vance formed a friendshipAlthough they come from different sides of the political spectrum, their religious beliefs and family backgrounds are the basis.
“We had a nice chat because we were in a relationship, but I wanted to make it clear to him that I disagreed with some of the facts he claimed and presented him with the facts,” Lammy told Sky News.
The call came a day after Vance said in a post on social platform
Digwa, who is Sikh, falsely claimed to police that he was the victim of a racist attack by Nowak, who is white. When police officers arrived at the scene, they treated the injured man as a suspect, then noticed his wound and attempted to resuscitate him.
Vance appeared to blame the murder in part on “a mass invasion of immigrants, many of whom despise the West and the people who love it.”
Lammy said he wanted to “highlight a lot of things” to Vance, including that the killer was British and was currently behind bars.
“This has nothing to do with mass immigration,” Lammy said.
Digwa, 23, was convicted of murder for stabbing Nowak with a 21-centimeter (8-inch) Sikh dagger and was this week sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 21 years.
There was a lawsuit captured Police in Southampton on Tuesday by anti-immigration activists and politicians in the UK pelted with chairs, cans, rocks and flares After the demonstration attended by far-right figures and others over Nowak’s death.
In a statement on Friday In response to Vance’s comments, Prime Minister Keir Starmer ‘s office criticized people who “try to interfere with our democracy and incite division on our streets.”
The Independent Office for Police Conduct, which investigates allegations of police misconduct, is investigating the actions of officers at the scene.
The victim’s father, Mark Nowak, said the case was not about racism or religion and that he wanted his son’s death to lead to safer streets and not be used to create “further division, hatred or tension.”
Lammy also said he told Vance that “it was no use tweeting that way, in part because of the Nowak family’s wishes” and reminded him of their desire to make this a matter of common sense rather than an issue of division and hatred.
