FURIOUS MPs collectively turned on Nigel Farage as he ignored calls to condemn riots in England following the murder of Henry Nowak.
Amid audible heckles of "shame" and "shocking" during PMQs, Farage repeated claims there is "two-tier policing" in the UK and did not call out violence that erupted in Southampton overnight after he had called for people to respond to Nowak's death with "rage".
Mr Nowak, an 18-year-old student, was stabbed to death in December and was arrested and handcuffed as he lay dying on the ground.
His killer, Vickrum Digwa, had claimed he had been the victim of a racist attack.
Hampshire Police says 11 officers and a police dog were injured during protests in Southampton on Tuesday night which happened hours after Farage's video was shared.
Farage, who had called for people to respond to the incident with "pure, cold rage" in a video statement, said to Starmer in the Commons: "Following the horrendous circumstances of Henry Nowak's death, can I urge the Prime Minister to consider this – it is now clear to growing millions in this country that we are living under two-tier policing.
"The instructions given to police officers from police bosses are clear and written down in ink. It says you must treat different ethnic groups in different ways."
As Farage went on to warn violence could get worse "if the public lose trust in being treated fairly by the police", MPs across Parliament turned on the Reform UK leader shouting in horror at his words.
"Can he take some action and end this divisive practice of two-tier policing and make sure that all British citizens are treated the same," Farage added.
Mr Nowak's father had explicitly asked for his son's death not to be used to stoke hatred and division in society.
Starmer replied to Farage saying his attitude was "unforgivable".
He said: "I don't believe there is two-tier policing in this country.
"I'm really shocked that he [Farage] pretends to have respect for Henry's family and then acts in this way. They are a grieving family and have asked us not to respond in the way that the leader of Reform has responded.
"They have lost their son in the most appalling circumstance. They make a simple plea of us as human beings to please not exploit that. That is their plea to us and we all need to reflect on those words of Henry's father.
"My response, and the response of others to be fair, has been focused on the lessons to be learnt so we can deliver justice. His response has been to appeal for rage. Rage. That's his response to a father who has lost his son and asked for that not to happen.
"Exploiting this tragedy to create grievance and division would be wrong in any circumstances but to do it when the family are expressly saying please don't is unforgivable. It shows exactly who he is."
Several MPs throughout the session took a dig at Farage as LibDem leader Ed Davey asked if Starmer agreed that the victims of knife crime deserve a politics where we come together to solve these problems and not use them as a "political football".
The Prime Minister replied saying it is our duty to bring people together and not divide them.
Darren Paffey, Labour MP for Southampton Itchen, also quoted a statement from Mr Nowak's family following his death.
They said they want Mr Nowak's story "to help make our streets safer for everyone", without using his murder to "create further division and tension".
Paffey asked Starmer whether he agreed that the "violence we saw whipped up on the streets of Southampton last night" was "the total opposite of what Henry's family clearly and powerfully called for".
Starmer said the attacks to police officers were "disgraceful and completely unacceptable. There is no justification for further disorder."
