Kemi Badenoch’s speech today on the need to overhaul equalities legislation has been framed as a justified reaction to the horrendous Henry Nowak case – but in reality it is part of a policy arms race on the right of politics to own the culture wars agenda.
The old legal adage of “hard cases makes bad laws” could well apply to the traumatising end to Mr Nowak’s life, as he bled to death while police ignored his pleas for help after he has been stabbed by a man who falsely claimed he was the victim of a racist attack by the 18-year-old.
