It has been decreed by official Britain: the unprovoked, brutal murder of Henry Nowak shall not be “politicized,” lest the wishes of Henry’s surviving family be dishonored.
In practice, to avoid politicization, one must refrain from any criticizing or questioning any errors or omissions by anyone in government. How dare you.
The 0nly prominent political figure to not go along with the Omerta is Reform leader Nigel Farage. For this incivility he was defamed on the BBC.
Now that the official police watchdog has officially cleared the police response from any hint of wrongdoing, and now that Nowak’s murderer has been sentenced to the shortest possible prison term (21 years) for a murder conviction, we must speak of this incident no more.
- New York Times: U.K. Protests Over Murder Case Turn Violent as Leaders Urge Calm
- LBC: Nigel Farage accused of ‘trying to stir things up rather than calm them down’ by former Tory leader after Henry Nowak murder
- UK Mirror: Keir Starmer says Nigel Farage has shown ‘exactly who he is’ by exploiting Henry Nowak murder
Don’t ever criticize government. It’s what Henry would have wanted.
It’s a weird dynamic in British politics. Keir Starmer is the deeply unpopular leader of a deeply unpopular Labour party. His party has a huge majority in the national parliament and the next election isn’t scheduled until 2029.
Nigel Farage’s Reform party emerged from local elections last month as the nation’s most popular. But in the last national election Reform split the opposition vote with the Conservatives and gained only 8 seats in the national House of Commons. Reform has 17 and 34 seats in the Scottish and Welsh parliaments respectively, elected last month. But in the Commons, Farage is badly outnumbered, and the fast=disappearing Conservative party holds the status as the Official Opposition.
From the UK Standard,
‘Rage appeal’ over Henry Nowak murder is unforgivable, says Starmer in clash with Farage at PMQs
PMQ stands for Prime Minister’s Questions, a weekly period in the House chamber where the current Prime Minister stands for questions from House members on any topic they choose.
Farage said he felt rage over the Nowak incident. Starmer feels no emotion. And in the Commons, Starmer can play the bully.
No lessons learned as we wait for the next Henry Nowak
