The family of the murdered teenager Henry Nowak may have appealed for their son’s tragic and appalling murder not to be used to stoke further division and hatred, but it was clear from Nigel Farage’s intervention that it has fallen on deaf ears.
As he stood up in the Commons chamber during Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) to rail against what he claims is a “two-tier justice system”, the Reform UK leader may well have had one place in the UK in his mind as he complained that anti-racism measures were responsible for the 18-year-old’s dreadful treatment by police who handcuffed him as he lay dying.
