West Midlands Reform leader backs Farage ‘rage’ comments following death of Henry Nowak
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has said Mr Novak’s treatment was evidence of a “two-tier culture”.
Worcestershire’s Reform leader has backed Nigel Farage after he called for the public to respond with “pure cold rage” to the murder of student Henry Novak.
There was unrest in Southampton last night amid an outcry about the policing response to the murder that took place in December 2025.
The student’s killer, 23-year-old Vickrum Digwa, told police attending the scene of the stabbing that he had been the victim of a racist attack, while Mr Nowak was handcuffed by police as he lay dying.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has said Mr Novak’s treatment was evidence of a “two-tier culture”.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the appeals for rage were “unforgivable” and religious experts have said Mr Farage’s comments will “inspire fear” in minority communities.
But Alan Amos, a Worcester councillor and leader of Reform in Worcestershire, denied that Mr Farage’s comments had incited violence,
“I fully support Nigel and so do the majority of the British public,” said Cllr Amos.
“What Nigel was saying is quite right – people should be very angry and demanding a public inquiry into what happened.
“The truth is the vast majority of people agree with him and we’re seeing that in the polls.
“The left-wing press look for what doesn’t exist – there is no impartiality in the media.
“But the one thing we can control is the ballot box. Reform has been at 30 percent in opinion polls for a year-and-a-half now and in a democracy, that’s supposed to matter – but they’re deeply scared of a Reform government.
“Nigel is saying what people think. What is wrong with that in a democracy? People should be angry. If they’re not, something is wrong.”
Cllr Amos said footage of the attack is “sickening and appalling”.
But he said: “People are sick and tired of this two-tier policing.
“I’ve raised three issues locally with the police – the first was not dealt with because the police said the complaint was racist, the second they never got back to me and the third I had to pressure them very hard to get them to take action.
“The common theme is that the perpetrators were non-white. This is all to do with ethnicity.”
Sir Keir said today: “I don’t believe there’s two-tier policing in this country.”
West Mercia Police has previously said its officers police “without fear or favour” and that “a suspect’s ethnicity does not influence how a crime is investigated”.