Starmer warned his 'words endanger lives' with attacks on Farage - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
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Starmer warned his 'words endanger lives' with attacks on Farage - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
"Words have consequences, Sir Keir, and in a climate where politicians face unprecedented threats, your reprehensible slur isn't just political theatre; it's playing with fire."
"After Charlie Kirk's assassination on September 10, 2025, shot at a Utah university event, with suspect Tyler James Robinson arrested, Farage revealed explicit death threats against him on social media, including TikTok calls for his killing. Yet, Metropolitan Police told him such threats aren't actionable, despite the post-Kirk context. This smacks of selective enforcement, quick to probe social media 'hate' but lax on threats to"
"I do think that it is a racist policy. I do think it is immoral. It needs to be called out for what it is."
Gawain Towler, a Reform UK board member, warned Sir Keir Starmer that calling Nigel Farage's migration policy 'racist' endangers lives. Towler cited assassinations and murders, including Charlie Kirk, Sir David Amess and Jo Cox, to argue that inflammatory language can provoke violence. He described Starmer's remark as a 'reprehensible slur' and 'playing with fire' and explicitly told Starmer, 'Your words endanger lives.' Towler referenced US Secret Service research on political assassinations and alleged that killers sometimes see themselves as 'saviours.' He claimed Farage received explicit death threats after Kirk's killing and accused police of selective enforcement.
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