Ellie Costello grills Labour MP over Nigel Farage ‘incitement’ jibe on GB News: ‘How?!’

Watch the moment GB News’s Ellie Costello grills Labour MP Lucy Rigby over an assertion she made about Nigel Farage.

Ms Rigby accused Nigel Farage o "inciting violence" with his response to the murder of 18-year-old Henry Nowak, following mass protests in Southampton.

Speaking to GB News, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Lucy Rigby said the Reform UK leader was responsible for "stoking division" in his statements following Mr Nowak's death.

During Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, Mr Farage had a heated exchange with Sir Keir over his supposed "refusal to condemn the violence" in Southampton.

Mr Farage told MPs: "The anger that you saw spilling out in Southampton last night is in danger of getting considerably worse.

"If the public lose trust in being treated fairly by the police, can he take some action to end this divisive practice of two-tier policing and make sure that all British citizens are treated the same?"

Sir Keir responded: "I'm really shocked that he pretends to have respect for Henry's family and then acts in this way. His response has been to appeal for rage. That's his response to a father who's lost his son and asked for that not to happen.

"Exploiting this tragedy to create grievance and division would be wrong in any circumstances, but to do it when the family are expressly saying 'please don't' is unforgivable. It shows exactly who he is."

Backing the remarks made by the Prime Minister, Ms Rigby told GB News that Sir Keir has responded to the case with "respect" to the Nowak family.

Ms Rigby said: "I think responding in the way that the Prime Minister has and the policing minister, asking those serious questions but respecting the wishes of Henry's family, which were, of course, to not exploit his death to further create tensions, that is the right response.

"The response that we had, unfortunately, from the leader of Reform, Nigel Farage, was to stoke anger division, effectively incite violence against some of our brave police officers."

Ms Rigby stressed: "11 police officers were injured in the disorder that took place in in Southampton. I think that was entirely the wrong approach.

"And as the Prime Minister said in the chamber yesterday, that was Nigel Farage showing us who he really is."

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Challenged by host Ellie Costello on how Mr Farage has been "inciting violence", Ms Rigby argued that the Reform leader "knows exactly what he's doing".

Ms Rigby told GB News: "When he suggested that people respond with rage, he knows what he's doing there.

"People are responding with rage. People watch that footage and they feel rage, of course they do. Seeing an 18-year-old boy lying on the floor, of course they feel rage.

"But the role of political leaders is to understand what the nation will feel, and to channel that devastation into asking the serious questions that need to be asked, not to encourage violence and disorder."

Ellie pushed back on Ms Rigby's argument, interjecting: "Who is the Government to police someone's rage?"

Ms Rigby concluded: "As I said, I think there are serious questions that need to be asked, and they are being asked. That is the right response to what is an incredibly tragic incident. And I myself, as a mum, I found that footage almost unbearable."

"In a statement, a spokesman for the Independent Office for Police Conduct said: "As part of our ongoing investigation, we are reviewing a large amount of police body-worn footage which we need to consider the context with other evidence that we've obtained, including review material presented during the murder trial as we establish the full circumstances.

"The officers involved are currently being treated as witnesses, however, as with all investigations, this is kept under review throughout."