Nigel Farage, Rupert Lowe, and Kemi Badenoch squabble over race to the bottom

Reform’s Nigel Farage, Restore’s Rupert Lowe, and Tory leader Kemi Badenoch are all busy squabbling over the weaponisation of the tragic death of Henry Nowak.

Farage and Reform took Badenoch’s words out of context to make it seem as though she’d said white lives do not matter. And, of all people, racist Rupert popped up to defend Kemi via attacking Nige:

Reform putting out an attack ad on Kemi Badenoch misquoting her over Henry Nowak’s tragic death is a deeply misguided, ugly and offensive move.

A young British man was murdered. He died cuffed and begging for his life, alone in the street.

To weaponise his death, so…

— Rupert Lowe MP (@RupertLowe10) June 2, 2026

Lowe: Farage put out ‘a viciously deceitful graphic’

Ordinarily, agreeing with Rupert Lowe would be unthinkable given his consistently hard-right politics and willingness to push beyond Reform UK on many issues. Yet in this instance, Nigel Farage has descended so deeply into blatant misinformation and divisive rhetoric that even Lowe has been unable to outflank him from the right.

This has led to the reality that his latest post leaves little that could be disagreed with – and further underscores how opportunistic and vindictive the millionaire ‘politician’ actually is.

We put hyphens as it mustn’t be forgotten how little the self-interested Reform leader has actually showed up to work or taken part in important, impactful votes in the House of Commons. He hasn’t exactly behaved like a politician, well not the traditional sense that is – modern politicians appear to be all out for themselves.

Instead, it seems he only wants to show up when he can further incite the ‘cold rage’ he has been feeding across British public, leading to a white riot in Southampton.

Farage at #PMQs today, the first time he’s shown his face in Parliament for months. I suspect he may regret it. He was absolutely slated for failing to condemn the violence in Southampton, for ignoring the appeal made by Henry Nowak’s father, and for using his son’s death to stir… pic.twitter.com/kllcElTyGh

— The Rev. Anton Mittens 🌹👮🎓 (@MittensOff) June 3, 2026

The latest cynical ploy used by Farage’s Reform is to take Badenoch’s comments made yesterday on Good Morning Britain completely out of context. In the segment and subsequently on an X post, Badenoch stated:

I don’t want to hear about Black Lives Matter.

I don’t want to hear about White Lives Matter.

Everyone matters.

Henry Nowak matters

Misinformation opportunity – quid’s in for Nige

Reform then saw an opportunity – and clearly assumes his followers won’t check receipts, which very well may be the case.

Kemi Badenoch, just like Starmer, doesn’t care.

Only Reform UK will openly say that white lives matter too. pic.twitter.com/dAUd7FRUvR

— Reform UK (@reformparty_uk) June 2, 2026

Nevertheless, Farage’s opposition have done their research and have thus called out the cynically game the Reform leader is playing to further whip up anger amongst the white supremacists living in the UK.

Since the misinformed social media post, Lowe has pretty powerfully shut it down – don’t worry, we feel nauseous too even writing that.

On X, he wrote:

Reform putting out an attack ad on Kemi Badenoch misquoting her over Henry Nowak’s tragic death is a deeply misguided, ugly and offensive move.

A young British man was murdered. He died cuffed and begging for his life, alone in the street.

To weaponise his death, so vindictively, in order to make a viciously deceitful graphic attacking a political opponent is low.

I am not in the same party as Kemi Badenoch. In fact, we are competing for votes in Makerfield. I disagree with her on a great many number of policies.

I would never manipulate the death of an innocent young man to score petty party political points, especially using such blatant lies.

It’s just not how we conduct ourselves in Britain.

Principles still matter, or at least they should.

However, even pointing out this reality and the actual context of the comments seems to be ineffective for devout white supremacist Reform followers. Of course, none of this means that Lowe actually cares about Henry Nowak, police violence, or how Badenoch interpreted. Anything to get one over on Nigel is the only thing that matters to Lowe.

Even so, Reform supporters were less than impressed:

Anyone who still doesn’t believe Lowe is a Tory plant never will by now https://t.co/XR3maH893d

— Anglo 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@Nawjryw) June 2, 2026

Restorers and Tory loyalists teaming up with the left and the establishment to attack Farage is so typically useless Dork Wet Right https://t.co/uH6ZhGvTCV

— Gammon Worshipper (@itaintwhiteboy) June 2, 2026

@ZoomerHistorian

Mate, are we simping for Nigerians now? https://t.co/lT8e1rOefG

— UNN (@UnityNewsNet) June 2, 2026

Stirring up racism does not end well for anyone

The tragic death of Henry Nowak is horrifying – no one can possibly deny that. But the very fact that we have divisive elite figures like Farage stirring up and inciting racism across UK society is arguably what makes these fatal misunderstandings more possible in the first place.

After all, far-right politicians contribute to an atmosphere of suspicion and racial division by repeatedly framing immigration, multiculturalism, and minority communities as threats. Over time, this rhetoric can shape public perceptions and encourage people to jump to conclusions before the facts emerge.

In the case of Henry Nowak’s death Farage chose to plummet down into the racist abyss – which has resulted in white riots, injuries, and bloodshed in Southhampton – with more unrest feeling inevitable.

All the while, Nowak’s own grieving family have requested that their son’s death not be used to stir up more division and hate.

Farage, clearly, intends to do quite the opposite.

Featured image via the Canary