A BBC presenter has issued an apology to Nigel Farage after falsely claiming that the Reform UK leader called for “white cold rage” in response to white teenager Henry Nowak’s murder and wrongful arrest.
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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: A BBC presenter has apologized for misquoting Reform UK leader Nigel Farage’s response to Henry Nowak’s murder by Vickrum Digwa and wrongful arrest by the police. 💬 KEY QUOTE: “I owe Nigel Farage an apology. During last night’s Newsnight we covered the murder of Henry Nowak and the political reaction to the case, including discussing Nigel Farage’s comments about ‘pure, cold rage’. However I referred to ‘white cold rage’. This was a mistake on my part… I apologise to Nigel Farage for this.” – Matt Chorley, presenter on BBC’s Newsnight 🎯 IMPACT: The misquoting of Farage, which appeared to imply a white nationalist motive for Farage’s call to action against “anti-white prejudice” after police roughly arrested Henry Nowak as he was dying instead of helping him, because his murderer alleged he had been racist, has led to calls for an investigation into the publicly-funded broadcaster. Reform’s Shadow Home Secretary, Zia Yusuf, accused Chorley of trying to “defame Nigel and lie to the country.” Farage said his legal team has “written to the BBC demanding a full on air apology and investigation into the defamatory comments made about me on Newsnight.” 📰 DETAIL: On Tuesday, in response to Nowak’s murder and wrongful arrest, Farage issued an emergency broadcast, saying that the British people should feel “pure, cold rage” over the actions of the police and the family of Vickrum Digwa. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer accused Farage of “exploiting” the murder and denied his claims of “two-tier policing” in Britain, despite a Police Anti-Racism Commitment clearly stating that ethnic groups should be treated differently to achieve “equality of policing outcomes.” |
I owe Nigel Farage an apology.
During last night’s Newsnight we covered the murder of Henry Nowak and the political reaction to the case, including discussing Nigel Farage’s comments about “pure, cold rage”.
However I referred to “white cold rage”. This was a mistake on my…
— Matt Chorley (@MattChorley) June 3, 2026
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