Starmer condemns Farage for exploiting murder to stir racial division
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Peter Walker, Steven Morris, Vikram Dodd
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Summary
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has urged calm and condemned Nigel Farage after the Reform UK leader called for "pure, cold rage" in response to the murder of Henry Nowak by a Sikh man. Starmer emphasized that Nowak's family explicitly asked the case not be used to target particular communities. The article highlights concerns that the populist right is exploiting the murder to whip up racist resentment against minority ethnic Britons.
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Nigel Farage called for the public to respond with 'pure, cold rage'
Politicians and community leaders have called for calm amid fears that the populist right is using the murder of Henry Nowak by a Sikh man to whip up racist resentment against minority ethnic Britons.
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