Marina Hyde: Nigel Farage's selective outrage exposes his political opportunism

Summary

Guardian columnist Marina Hyde critiques Nigel Farage's selective outrage, comparing his vocal response to the murder of Henry Nowak with his muted or absent responses to the murders of Jo Cox (2016) and Sarah Everard (2021). Hyde argues that Farage only claims to "speak for the nation" when it serves his political interests, and that his incendiary rhetoric following the Nowak murder is opportunistic rather than principled. The piece examines the hypocrisy of a politician who picks and chooses which tragedies to exploit for political gain.