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BBC Politics5 Jun 2026

Sikh MPs say Nowak murder was not about their religion

11 Sikh MPs say the killing was about "a man carrying an offensive weapon and committing a brutal murder".

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The Guardian Politics5 Jun 2026

Martin Rowson on the political response to Henry Nowak’s murder – cartoon

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The Guardian Politics5 Jun 2026

‘Violence is a red line’: could Nigel Farage’s ‘pure, cold rage’ rhetoric damage his brand?

Reform UK leader looks spooked by far-right Restore and risks undermining efforts to appeal to moderate voters Nigel Farage’s self-confidence is famously iron-clad. But just before 12.30pm on Wednesday as a visibly angry Keir Starmer tore into his “unforgivable” response to the murder of Henry Nowak, Farage’s attempts to laugh off the criticism looked unconvincing. He was rattled. This has been a curious week for the Reform UK leader. The headlines have been dominated by a story seemingly tailor

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The Guardian Politics5 Jun 2026

When does Nigel Farage 'speak for the nation'? When it suits him | Marina Hyde

Compare his response, or lack of, to three murders over the past decade – Jo Cox, Sarah Everard and Henry Nowak Which murder victim’s ambulance does the would-be statesman chase? Can you be said to “speak for England” if there are other times you wimp out on speaking at all, either out of self-preservation or moral smallness, or just not actually giving much of a toss? The questions arise after Nigel Farage moved himself into pole position with an explicitly incendiary speech in the wake of the

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Guido Fawkes5 Jun 2026

Saudi National Charged After University Crossbow Attack

21-year-old Saudi national Almunthir Daqamah has been charged with attempted murder after a campus safety officer at Surrey University was shot with a crossbow. He was also charged with possession of an offensive weapon, two counts of possession of a bladed article and possession of Class B drugs… The former Surrey student is set to…

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Sky News Politics5 Jun 2026

Is Nigel Farage exploiting Henry Nowak's murder?

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The Guardian Politics4 Jun 2026

Reform’s Andrea Jenkyns storms out of meeting after discussion of Henry Nowak murder

Exclusive: Greater Lincolnshire mayor walks out on cabinet minister after row over social media role in community tensions Andrea Jenkyns walked out of a meeting on Thursday with a cabinet minister and several other metropolitan mayors after a heated discussion about the murder of Henry Nowak and the civil unrest that has followed. The Reform mayor of Greater Lincolnshire walked out of the meeting with the communities secretary, Steve Reed, and other regional leaders after a row over the role so

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BBC Politics4 Jun 2026

Starmer accuses Musk of trying to whip up division over Henry Nowak murder

X owner Musk has posted several times on the site criticising the police treatment of Henry Nowak.

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The Guardian Politics4 Jun 2026

Banning leftwing activists from entering Britain: an illiberal move with a long history in this country | DK Renton

The cancellation of Cenk Uygur’s and Hasan Piker’s visas tells us that the home secretary’s powers to police speech are too broad In August 1967, the activist Stokely Carmichael was banned from entering Britain. An ally of Martin Luther King Jr and head of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Carmichael was banned because that July he had visited London and given a rousing, militant speech about racism and black power at a leftwing festival in Camden alongside counterculture figures i

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Guido Fawkes4 Jun 2026

Farage: The BBC Was Saying “Nigel’s Urging the White Working Class to Set Fire to Things”

Nigel Farage is breaking a semi-silence in the aftermath of Henry Nowak’s murder. He spoke to Sky News Australia this afternoon… Among other things he said of the BBC and their subsequent apology: “What they were saying was Nigel’s urging the white working class to go out and set fire to things; that’s what they…

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Sky News Politics4 Jun 2026

Henry Nowak's murder shows we need to end religious exemptions for knife laws, ex-deputy Labour leader says

The religious and cultural exemptions to knife laws should end, Labour's former deputy leader has said.

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Guido Fawkes4 Jun 2026

Streeting Accuses Reform of “Echoes of the 1930s” Over Henry Nowak’s Murder

Wes Streeting has accused Reform of acting in a way that has “echoes of the 1930s” with regard to Henry Nowak’s murder. It was always going to happen… Streeting told a LabourList drinks reception in the Commons last night: “We have seen it in the last 24 hours, the way in which [Reform] have sought…

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