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Millie Cooke, Political Correspondent
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Millie Cooke, Political Correspondent
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Farage accused of deepening divisions after fatal stabbing
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Just one day after the latest tranche of the Mandelson files were released, and all eyes were on the internal politics of the Labour government, attentions have now shifted to something much darker.
Following the brutal stabbing and arrest of teenager Henry Nowak, the government has now found itself attempting to walk a tightrope between delivering a decisive response to the tragedy, and attempting to appeal for calm and unity as tensions flare.
Meanwhile, Nigel Farage has been accused of “whipping people up” and deepening divisions following the attack.
The Reform leader, who held an emergency press conference this morning, demanded “pure cold rage” over the police treatment of the murder victim, claiming it is evidence of a “two-tier” system.
But his remarks were condemned by Kemi Badenoch, who accused him of “taking sides”, warning: "We need to stop this racialising of our society”.
Giving a statement in the Commons, Shabana Mahmood confirmed that a police watchdog probe into how officers responded to the murder will report back within the next three months.
“Misinformation and inflammatory commentary is making a dreadful situation even worse. We must all, together, condemn it”, the home secretary said said.
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With his call for ‘pure cold rage’ in response to the murder of student Henry Nowak, the Reform UK leader is playing an incendiary game – starting with a conclusion about two-tier policing, then searching for a case to fit it, says Festus Akinbusoye
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Demands that ceremonial daggers like mine be banned miss the point, says Sharan Dhaliwal – the blade that killed the 18-year-old university student wasn’t an article of faith
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Political editor David Maddox discusses being named in exchanges involving Peter Mandelson and how The Independent’s stories have embarrassed the government
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I would have become PM even if I hadn’t backed Brexit, Johnson claims |
Boris Johnson has dismissed accusations that he joined the campaign to leave the European Union ten years ago in a bid for power, insisting "I would have been prime minister" regardless of which side of the Brexit debate he supported.
Here’s what you had to say:
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What an absolutely ridiculous bunch of nonsense from Johnson. If he'd publicly supported Remain, the referendum result probably would have gone the other way, Cameron wouldn't have resigned, useless May wouldn't have been elected PM and everything would have been completely different. I can only hope that he is suffering massively from guilt and the fact that we were inflicted by the abominable Truss.
Dilbeek
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The breathtaking arrogance has been weakened not a jot since his fall from grace. Shameless plonker. His actions will never be forgiven, he was utterly inept as a leader.
If the conservatives of 2026 are still scratching their heads as to why they lost all credibility and loyalty, it is because of this grifter and the other Tory grifters who followed him into office.
Moo100
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Ex-SNP chief’s embezzlement scandal and the shady role of money in politics |
Ever since the eruption of the 2009 MPs’ expenses scandal, there’s been a dark cloud of mistrust over politicians. Yet some politicians still play fast and loose with public trust, morality and transparency.
We discuss the shady world of money in politics.
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Ex-SNP chief’s embezzlement scandal and the shady role of money in politics |
Ever since the eruption of the 2009 MPs’ expenses scandal, there’s been a dark cloud of mistrust over politicians. Yet some politicians still play fast and loose with public trust, morality and transparency. We discuss the shady world of money in politics. We'll also debate whether MPs ought to have a pay rise - and you might be surprised about the outcome. |
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