Nigel Farage has claimed that Britain is currently in a “two tier state against white people” and said he would evict all foreign nationals from social housing if Reform UK was in power.
Farage's Substack Essay
Writing in his first Substack essay, published on Sunday morning (June 14), the MP for Clacton and right-wing party leader repeated his vow to “repeal the Equality Act” under a Reform government. Referring to the murder of student Henry Nowak, who was handcuffed by police as he lay dying after his killer, Vickrum Digwa, claimed to have been the victim of a racist attack, Mr Farage claimed the “British state is no longer working for everyone in this country”.
His comments come despite Mr Nowak's family saying they did 'not want his death to be used to create further division, hatred or tension'.
Reaction from Culture Secretary
But Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said Mr Farage “should take his nasty hate and anger and division somewhere else frankly”. “I think people want hope,” she added. “They don’t want more anger, they don’t want more division, they don’t want more hate, and I wish he’d just take it somewhere else.”
“There are serious challenges that this country faces. People have not felt listened to or heard. Living standards haven’t improved for too long. People want better, they want more.”
Farage's Claims on Housing and Equality
In his essay, Mr Farage wrote: “Across public and economic life, the power of the Government has been brought to bear on tackling ‘inequalities’, in a narrow and specific sense. Anything which is seen to disadvantage a minority group is cracked down on. Anything which benefits a minority and damages the White British is likely to be left alone.”
On the topic of housing, he said that during the last century, “rules which gave priority to local people and ties to the area were stripped away”. He said that, under a Reform government, foreign nationals in social housing would be given a three-month grace period to relocate to private rented accommodation, or lose their right to remain in the country and be liable for deportation.
Support from Suella Braverman
Reform MP Suella Braverman said she was “very proud” to read Mr Farage’s piece, adding: “I believe that white people are treated more unfairly than non-white people.” Appearing on Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips on Sky News, she said: “The tragic murder of Henry Nowak has to be a wake-up call that white people were told by the police to be treated differently to non-white people, and saying that is not divisive.”
Ms Braverman, who defected to Reform after leaving the Conservatives and standing down as home secretary, said she was the first Tory minister to give a speech outlining problems in the Equality Act, “daring to challenge the status quo” and this was one of the reasons she left the party.
“We’re saying that the institutions, the laws, and the high-level policies in this country treat white people less fairly than non-white people,” Ms Braverman said.
