Nigel Farage reveals Henry Nowak fears as he blasts ‘out of touch’ Keir Starmer | Politics | News

Nigel Farage has said parents will be “more afraid” of their children going out after Henry Nowak’s murder. The 18-year-old was fatally stabbed by Vickrum Digwa after a night out in Southampton last year.

His death sparked a political debate after he was handcuffed by police on his deathbed following his killer’s claims that he was the victim of a racist attack. Speaking to GB News, the Reform leader was visibly emotional, saying: “You asked me as a father and I think we’re all more afraid of our young children going out and having fun, whether it’s going to a concert, going to a pub, whatever, I’m afraid we’re all more afraid now than ever before of our children going out at night in our cities.”

Mr Farage also accused Sir Keir Starmer of being “out of touch” after the Prime Minister criticized him for saying the public should feel “pure, cold anger”.

The reform leader said: “The Prime Minister will blame anyone who disagrees with his unaware, outdated, agenda of division, racism and kindness that he has stirred up.

“We have a Prime Minister whose head is buried in the sand, who is ten years behind the point reached by public opinion on many issues. The Prime Minister is disconnected from the country.”

Mr Farage said there was “real fear” among MPs when he made a speech during PMQs in the House of Commons yesterday.

The Clacton MP said: “There were 600 of the political class against me yesterday, screaming and shouting. And actually the look of fear on their faces, real fear.

“Because they know that I am in more contact with the British public on this issue than they are. The British public has a very fair structure and they definitely want everyone who is here legally to be treated equally before the law.

“I challenge decent people to watch this video and not get angry. I wanted to express it as a cold anger, not a hot anger, a violent outburst.”

“Cold anger means you’re boiling inside about it, but in no way – and you’ve known me long enough – in the 35 years I’ve been in politics, I’ve never advocated for people to step outside the law. Not once.”

Mr Farage doubled down on his warning of “two-tier policing” and added: “In my 35 years of involvement in current affairs and politics I have never seen a time when our political leaders and most of our mainstream media were more out of touch in covering an event than in the last three days.

“To say that we need to come together, to say that we will deal a hard blow to the far right, what you need to do is come up with solutions.

“And the only solution here is real radical change to a perverted agenda that now swings what could have been a problem in the other direction. That’s what I’m looking for.”

Asked why he did not immediately condemn the violent protests that broke out earlier this week, Mr Farage said: “Of course I condemn all forms of violence. I always have… In my 35 years in politics I have never advocated for people to go beyond the law.”

“When I made that big video that got millions of views, I was pretty careful not to blame the police officers too much.”

Stating that he will meet Henry’s family, he said, “We will meet. I don’t know when, but we agreed to meet.”