Nigel Farage triumphs over the BBC after Newsnight misquoted the British Reformation leader’s response to the murder of Henry Nowak.
In last night’s episode of Newsnight, presenter Matt Chorley told Kemi Badenoch that he agreed the country should respond to the student’s murder with ‘cold, white fury’.
He then made another mistake by asking the Conservative leader ‘what are the risks if more people follow Nigel Farage’s call for ‘white, cold anger’?’.
But in reality, Farage actually expressed ‘pure, cold anger’.
A BBC spokesperson confirmed they had removed the entire episode.
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They said: ‘In an interview about the murder of 18-year-old Henry Nowak, we wrongly quoted British Reform leader Nigel Farage as saying that people should respond to his death with “white, cold rage”.
‘To be clear, Mr Farage did in fact express “pure, cold anger” as stated earlier in the program and we apologize to him for this error. This program has been removed from BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds.’
Matt Chorley also apologized to the UK Reform leader, posting on X: ‘I owe Nigel Farage an apology. This was my mistake, misremembering the quote. It doesn’t change the content of the interview but I should get the quotes right. I apologize to Nigel Farage for this.’
This comes after protests turned violent in Southampton last night when Tommy Robinson supporters tried to storm police lines, injuring 11 officers and a police dog.
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The student’s killer, 23-year-old Vickrum Digwa, told police at the scene of the stabbing that he was the victim of a racist attack, while Nowak was handcuffed by police as he lay dying.
Speaking at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, Sir Keir highlighted the words of Nowak’s father, saying: ‘We do not want his death to be used to create further division, hatred or tension.’
Sir Keir said: ‘Those are the words of a father grieving the loss of his son.
‘I think those words resonated across the country. We must not allow this tragedy to be hijacked by anyone who seeks to divide us.’
Farage argued that Britain has ‘two-tier policing’ and officers are instructed to treat different ethnic groups differently.
He said: ‘Given the horrific circumstances of Henry Nowak’s death, can I urge the Prime Minister to consider this: it is now clear to millions of people in this country that we are living under a two-tier system of policing.
‘The instructions given to police officers from police superiors were clear and written in ink. It is said that you should treat different ethnic groups in different ways.
‘Apart from the disappointment and anger at his death, the anger you saw at Southampton last night, which was in danger of getting much worse…
‘If the public is losing confidence in the fair treatment of the police, can he (Sir Keir) take action, end the divisive practice of two-tier policing, and ensure that all British citizens are treated equally?’
In an interview broadcast on Times Radio, Farage also said: ‘What you saw in Southampton last night was the beginning.
‘If we find a large number of young white men who think the police are prejudiced against them, who knows where we’re going to go.’
As he spoke in the House, the Reform leader was booed by a number of MPs who asked him to condemn the violence in Southampton.
Sir Keir replied: ‘I don’t believe there is a two-tier policy in this country. I’m very surprised he pretended to respect Henry’s family and then acted like that.
“The bereaved family has asked us not to respond like the Reform leaders did. They asked us not to. They lost their son in the most horrific circumstances. They are making a simple plea to us as humans not to exploit this. That is their plea to us.
‘We all need to reflect on Henry’s father’s words. My response, and the response of others to being fair, focuses on lessons learned, so that we can provide justice.
‘His (Mr Farage’s) response was to call for outrage, outrage. That was his response to a father who lost his child and asked that it not happen.
‘Exploiting this tragedy to stir up grievance and division is wrong under any circumstances, but doing so when the family has emphatically said ‘please not’ is inexcusable. It shows exactly who he really is.’
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