Robert Jenrick responds to 'ludicrous' claim Nigel Farage encouraged violence

Robert Jenrick responds to 'ludicrous' claim Nigel Farage encouraged violenceLabour claimed Nigel Farage 'effectively incite violence against some of our brave police officers' following Henry Nowak's murder Share Article Share Article Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky Email Copy Link Link copied Bookmark Add us as preferred source Comments By Aaron Newbury, Political Correspondent 10:17, Thu, Jun 4, 2026 Updated: 10:19, Thu, Jun 4, 2026 Farage urged public to respond with cold rage (Image: Getty)Reform UK have rejected claims that Nigel Farage's response to the murder of Henry Nowak has 'effectively incited violence'. It comes after Mr Farage released a video in the aftermath of the killing where he said the public should respond with "pure cold rage". Later that day eleven police officers were injured at scenes of unrest in Southampton, the city where the eighteen-year-old Mr Nowak was killed. window.scriptsToLoad.push({url:'https://live.primis.tech/live/liveView.php?s=118222&vp_content=plembed3a6btjknzwqh&cbuster=%%CACHEBUSTER%%&playerApiId=v118222',triggeredBy:'tcfLoaded',delay:1500,containerId:'ovp-primis',title:"Primis player",beforeLoad:()=>{window.top.addEventListener('primisPlayerInit',e=>{try{if(e.detail&&e.detail.playerApiId==="v118222"){if(window.document.getElementsByClassName('jwplayer')[0]){e.detail.float('disable')}}}catch(e){}})},}) Mr Farage then went on to say in Parliament that it was "now clear to growing millions in this country that we are living under two-tier policing". The Reform UK leader was heckled during Prime Minsters Questions and urged to condemn violence in Southampton after saying there was a danger of it getting "considerably worse [...] if the public lose trust in being treated fairly by the police." Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT Get the latest politics news - straight from our team in Westminster and more Subscribe Invalid emailWe use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our un...