{"id":2610693,"date":"2026-06-04T14:48:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T18:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/starmer-to-meet-with-family-of-henry-nowak-after-blaming-musk-for-unrest\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T14:50:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T18:50:14","slug":"starmer-to-meet-with-family-of-henry-nowak-after-blaming-musk-for-unrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/starmer-to-meet-with-family-of-henry-nowak-after-blaming-musk-for-unrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Starmer to meet with family of Henry Nowak after blaming Musk for unrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstarmer-to-meet-with-family-of-henry-nowak-after-blaming-musk-for-unrest%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2610693&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is scheduled to meet privately with the family of 18-year-old Henry Nowak at 10 Downing St., following renewed unrest after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-no-charges-will-be-filed-against-officers-in-daniel-prude-case\/\" title=\"BREAKING: No Charges Will Be Filed Against ... In Daniel Prude ...\">police body-camera footage<\/a> was released.Starmer said he wants to keep the focus on preventing hate from being inflamed by the case, while also criticizing political opponents for using Nowak\u2019s killing to push changes to policing.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch also met with the family and called for rebuilding public trust in the police and reviewing aspects of religious practices that she says could allow hazardous weapons in public.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Starmer\u2019s public remarks emphasized blame on Elon Musk for fanning division and protests tied to the footage. Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey echoed that view, portraying Musk\u2019s involvement as foreign political interference. The article also recounts details of the examination: Nowak was fatally stabbed with a Sikh ceremonial blade, and bodycam footage showed officers ignoring Nowak\u2019s pleas for help while he was handcuffed as he lost consciousness and died.<\/p>\n<p>The killing has sparked disputes between parties, with Nigel Farage and Reform accusing the police and government of mishandling the case and arguing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-professor-forced-to-undergo-training-for-referencing-tupac-album-with-racial-slur\/\" title=\"Tennessee Professor Forced To Undergo Training For Referencing Tupac Album With Racial Slur\">racial sensitivity training<\/a> contributes to \u201ctwo-tier policing.\u201d Labor, in turn, criticized Reform and farage for politicizing the tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>A major driver of online anger has been Musk\u2019s platform X, where posts and memes attacking police and government responses spread widely, even drawing direct attention from Musk himself.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-kingdom\/\">U.K<\/a>. Prime Minister<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/keir-starmer\/\"> Keir Starmer<\/a> is set to meet with the family of murdered student Henry Nowak, after blaming billionaire <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1412\">Elon Musk<\/a> for the unrest around his death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unrest in the United Kingdom continued another day following the release of the police body camera footage showing Nowak\u2019s final moments. Starmer\u2019s office announced that the prime minister would be meeting with the murdered student\u2019s family in a private meeting at 10 Downing St. Starmer has repeatedly appealed to the call from Nowak\u2019s father that his son\u2019s murder should not stoke hate, with the Labour leader condemning political rivals for demanding reforms in policing in the face of the killing.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4594243\/ohio-somali-fraud-house-oversight\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Ohio has its own Somali fraud problem, House oversight says<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4593919\/fbi-california-hostage-taker-suspect-no-stranger-police\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>FBI says California hostage taker targeted school officials, \u2018no stranger\u2019 to police<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4592930\/suspect-holding-hostages-california-bank-killed-fbi\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Suspect holding hostages at California bank killed by FBI<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Conservative Party Leader Kemi Badenoch also met with Nowak\u2019s family.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey have asked that we work across political parties and religions to rebuild trust in the police,\u201d she said after the meeting. \u201cThat trust has been broken because of what happened, and I agree with them on that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe must also be prepared to examine, carefully and seriously, religious practices or exemptions that permit the carrying of dangerous weapons in public, and other activities that are not conducive to the public good,\u201d Badenoch said. \u201cWe also need to examine where the law needs to change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starmer\u2019s focus on Thursday, however, was casting blame on Musk for the protests and riots that broke out following the release of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/n-y-protesters-storm-police-station-after-incident-where-child-was-pepper-sprayed-by-police-officers\/\" title=\"N.Y. protesters storm ... station after incident where child was pepper sprayed by ... ...\">body cam footage<\/a>, which showed police ignoring the dying Nowak\u2019s pleas for help.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe also need to assert who we are as a country because Musk again has been interfering in our politics in the last few days, trying to whip up division,\u201d Starmer said. \u201cThat is not who we are in Britain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn Britain we are reasonable, tolerant people,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen we have a terrible case like Henry\u2019s case, Henry Nowak, we react calmly as his family has done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starmer was joined by Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey, who portrayed Musk as the leader of a benevolent foreign influence operation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMusk\u2019s actions are a coordinated campaign of foreign interference in British democracy by a rogue American tech billionaire who seems hellbent on injecting poison directly into our domestic politics,\u201d Davey said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLet\u2019s not forget this is a man who has repeatedly used his platform to incite violence on Britain\u2019s streets,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nowak, an 18-year-old university student, was fatally stabbed by Vickrum Digwa, 23, late last year with a Sikh ceremonial blade. Police bodycam footage confirmed the most inflammatory details of reports about the murder, with police initially siding with Digwa after he accused the wounded Nowak of racism. The responding officers ignored Nowak\u2019s pleas for several minutes, going so far as to handcuff him as he lost consciousness and died.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nigel-farage\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4796\">Nigel Farage\u2019s<\/a> right-wing Reform Party has led the way in denouncing the police and government\u2019s handling of the killing, portraying it as the natural conclusion of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >racial sensitivity training police officers receive<\/a>, which Farage denounced as \u201ctwo-tier policing.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While praising the \u201cdignified\u201d response of Nowak\u2019s family, Farage argued the public should react differently \u2014 \u201cwith pure cold rage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He backed up this sentiment in response to Labour\u2019s criticism on Wednesday, suggesting the protests and riots on Tuesday highlighted the need for reform. Farage warned that the outrage and protests were \u201cin danger of getting considerably worse\u201d if action wasn\u2019t quickly taken.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Much of the Labour Party\u2019s response to Nowak\u2019s murder has been condemning Farage and Reform, accusing them of \u201cpoliticizing\u201d the tragedy and going against the family\u2019s wishes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the most potent conduits of public anger has been Musk\u2019s X, a space which has allowed British users an unimpeded outlet to voice their rage. Posts attacking the police, racial sensitivity training, and the government have garnered hundreds of thousands of likes. They\u2019ve even drawn the personal attention of Musk himself, who has frequently posted about the matter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe West has created an utterly evil state religion where an accusation of \u2018racism\u2019 is the gravest offense that can be committed, even worse than rape or murder!\u201d Musk wrote in a Wednesday post that garnered over 325,000 likes. \u201cSo if police show up at a crime scene and a British boy is bleeding out and an immigrant says the British boy is racist the cops will cuff the dying British boy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4592785\/uk-protesters-clash-with-police-murder-henry-nowak\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4592785\">UK POLICE CLASH WITH PROTESTERS OVER MURDER OF HENRY NOWAK<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Statements by the police and government drew viral and overwhelmingly negative responses, while users posted memes mocking official responses. A major refrain from commentators was to echo variations of \u201cI don\u2019t think you have, mate,\u201d the response of one of the officers captured in bodycam footage after the dying Nowak said he had been stabbed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOne of your officers has been receiving death threats? I don\u2019t think he has, mate,\u201d one user <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/alfred_rex1\/status\/2061840947952988501?s=20\">said<\/a> in response to a statement from Hampshire Police, garnering nearly 44 times more likes than the statement.\u201c\u2018Police are getting bricks thrown at their heads!\u2019 \u2018I don\u2019t think they are mate,\u2019\u201d another viral <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZoomerHistorian\/status\/2061899115789787227?s=20\">post<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.K. PM Starmer will meet Henry Nowak\u2019s family, blaming Elon Musk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2610694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26152633806609.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[80757,4250,34755,37154,23600],"class_list":["post-2610693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-henry-nowak","tag-musk","tag-starmer","tag-uk-politics","tag-unrest"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26152633806609.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2610693"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2610697,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610693\/revisions\/2610697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2610694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2610693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2610693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2610693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}