Echo Comment on the furore surrounding Henry Nowak’s death
The Conservatives and Labour call calmly for an inquiry, largely because they donβt have an immediate answer to the allegations of two tier policing, while Reform try to summon up βpure cold rageβ partly because they are now caught in a battle to ensure they are not out-flanked. They cannot afford to stay silent on an issue for fear of being overtaken by the more extremist elements of Restore and Tommy Robinson who are egged on from afar by Elon Musk. He does not have Britainβs best interests at heart.
Were the manifest police failings due to cock-up or woke conspiracy? Britain is now so divided that it may never reach agreement on what led Henry to be ignored in his moment of supreme need. It was a dreadful police judgement.
While all the noise is about politics, it is often overlooked that Henry was killed by a 21cm knife. His is yet another young life that has been lost to the scourge of knife crime.
One of the most pertinent debates for all communities of all colours across all the country is what can we do to eradicate this appalling, wasteful crime from our midst.