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2 Tier Britain and Policing - Digwa

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Wellwhatnowbellaboo · 02/06/2026 09:12

Just heard Nigel talk about this on LBC following Digwa sentencing. Also saw the video... I'm shocked and so saddened. Not sure what my aibu is but I think we need to ban all religious weapons for a start . What do u think ? Are you in police ? Are you treating people differently?

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Catpuss66 · 03/06/2026 23:10

Tortoisel · 03/06/2026 23:08

What are you scared of?

Honestly I had a reckoning with the idea of division recently and I am cool with it. It feels scary but the alternative is much much worse. There’s nothing wrong with division or disagreement.

What alternative is much worse?

scared of? how about war, that’s the better alternative is it.

Tortoisel · 03/06/2026 23:12

Catpuss66 · 03/06/2026 23:10

What alternative is much worse?

scared of? how about war, that’s the better alternative is it.

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Everyone thinking the same, or thinking they have to think the same.

& Edit to your edit - that’s very dramatic

Whataflippincircus · 03/06/2026 23:12

Wellwhatnowbellaboo · 02/06/2026 09:33

Well normally I'd agree... it was just a quick 3 mins amongst different topics and I was surprised I agreed with him!! Then people dialled in saying the sane thing !

I’m pretty shocked that I actually agreed with him.

Catpuss66 · 03/06/2026 23:14

JuliaBraverman · 03/06/2026 21:57

FYI. the speech that you refer to is known to be 2 speeches edited together by the BBC who have again shown their political bias.

No same speech 40 mins apart, still encouraged people to ‘fight’.

Jmaho · 03/06/2026 23:14

Ireallycantthinkofagoodone · 02/06/2026 12:23

What an outrageous thing to say. A young man died, and you seem to think that’s okay?

GROW UP

It was one of the first posts on the thread. They try to be funny by slating Farage and think that the majority of posters will back them up. This thread has gone very differently though.
I often read threads on here and feel like im in some sort of parallel universe but for once I'm agreeing with 90% of the posts.

Catpuss66 · 03/06/2026 23:15

Tortoisel · 03/06/2026 23:12

Everyone thinking the same, or thinking they have to think the same.

& Edit to your edit - that’s very dramatic

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I no idea what you have just said

JuliaBraverman · 03/06/2026 23:17

Twisterlollies · 03/06/2026 22:52

Farage is a right wing politician. Has been for years and years now. It’s fully expected that he would weigh into this incident as two tier policing is one of his causes. In the same way I would expect Zack Polanski to weigh in on transgender ideology, because it’s a pillar of his beliefs. That doesn’t mean I think Zack is ‘weaponising the issue’ despite the fact I very strongly disagree with him.

As I said before - it isn’t the case that only left wing beliefs are authentic and sincerely held and everything else is ‘agenda’.

It seems in these times if you’re not left you’re considered far right! The political landscape has changed and as a life long Labour supporter, they do not represent me anymore I’m afraid.

Tortoisel · 03/06/2026 23:18

Catpuss66 · 03/06/2026 23:15

I no idea what you have just said

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Go watch Mr Nobody against Putin. It will help with your fears about division.

I used to be really worried about it. At this point in our country’s history I am seeing it like a life jacket. Keeping everyone afloat whilst the tide rips us in various directions.

CaesarAugusta · 03/06/2026 23:28

Gloriia · 03/06/2026 20:41

The Nowak family said they didn't want hate and division. No one is going around attacking Sikhs, that would be hate and division. What they are doing is protesting at the inactions of the plods who were on the scene and why they acted as they did, what caused the belief that 'racial attack' should be immediately accepted and why was a gravely ill boy handcuffed as he laid dying.

You know we had BLM for months, loads of looting loads of rabid protestors. That was freedom of speech apparently so try to have a bit of understanding that people are indeed allowed to protest strongly about other horrific deaths too.

I don't think anyone on here would deny people the right to protest. But why should they have the right to loot, hit people, throw bricks and similar objects, smash up innocent peoples property, and terrify people whose only crime is to live where they have chosen to riot?

yellowspanner · 03/06/2026 23:28

I agree with Farage. We have two tier policing. People just deny it

CaesarAugusta · 03/06/2026 23:32

BackToLurk · 03/06/2026 20:59

TR was not the first ‘to blow the whistle’ on the rape gangs. Many women beat him to it Julie Bindel and Ann Cryer among them.

Yes, that was definitely a useful bandwagon to jump on for him, though he did his best to do them a massive favour by ignoring the contempt of court rules and trying to prejudice their right to fair trials - which would have meant they could not be tried at all.

His silence about white rape gangs is, however, very noticeable.

CaesarAugusta · 03/06/2026 23:35

Flyingintotheunknown · 03/06/2026 21:13

Not consistently! I’ve been on and off it during the day!
I certainly don’t have time to respond to a poster who quotes every post I’ve made on this thread and has been doing relentlessly. Now that is sad!

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Except, of course, that hasn't happened.

GardenCovent · 03/06/2026 23:49

SamAylward · 02/06/2026 09:21

I don't listen to LBC, but whatever Farage said, I'm against it.

I've scraped better things than that man off of the sole of my shoe.

So before someone actually speaks you know that you are against what they have to say?
What a pathetic way to live

CaesarAugusta · 03/06/2026 23:55

CollieH9g · 03/06/2026 21:21

It is terrible and terrifying. How could poor Henry be ignored and dismissed by police, in favour of a lying murderer?

I think there should be further investigation of whether medical help would have saved Henry, if it had been called sooner. It seems several people were downplaying his injuries, no one cared to call him an ambulance?!

The Financial Times suggested that it could have been a numbers game - basically they had two people giving them one version of events, and one giving another. Though personally I don't think that excuses their failure at least to check properly.whether he had been stabbed or not.

The forensic evidence was that his injuries were such that sadly nothing could have saved him. The police called an ambulance around 2 minutes 40 seconds into the video recording.

JuliaBraverman · 03/06/2026 23:58

yellowspanner · 03/06/2026 23:28

I agree with Farage. We have two tier policing. People just deny it

The treatment of Henry has proved this to be true … for Starmer to deny it today is ludicrous.

CaesarAugusta · 04/06/2026 00:00

Clavinova · 03/06/2026 21:27

I've just looked back on Hansard to see what Keir Starmer said about George Floyd's death;

Wednesday 3 June 2020
Keir Starmer
(Holborn and St Pancras) (Lab)
May I start by expressing shock and anger at the death of George Floyd? This has shone a light on racism and hatred experienced by many in the US and beyond. I am surprised the Prime Minister has not said anything about this yet, but I hope that the next time he speaks to President Trump he will convey to him the UK’s abhorrence about his response to the events.

The Prime Minister
Let me let me begin by associating myself absolutely with what the right hon. and learned Gentleman had to say about the death of George Floyd. I think that what happened in the United States was appalling and inexcusable. We all saw it on our screens. I perfectly understand people’s right to protest at what took place, although obviously I also believe that protests should take place in a lawful and reasonable way...

Keir Starmer
Starmer moves on and says nothing to indicate that he agrees that protests should take place in a lawful and reasonable way - clashes erupted outside Downing Street that evening.

That last paragraph is curiously selective. Why not equally point out that Starmer did not disagree. Why on earth would he?

AmateurDad · 04/06/2026 00:12

LuckyHazelFox · 02/06/2026 10:25

Well done starting this thread. Even with such a disgraceful show all round, you're still going to get the virtuous putting their moral superiority above the fact that a young white boy has been murdered. Where do you start? Murderer kills with a weapon that never should be legal. Murderer then plays the race card. Police officers tell Henry they don't believe he's stabbed because of said race card. We are where we are today because of the left's insistence that legitimate concerns constitute racism. The only good thing is because the victim was white, we aren't going to get riots. As for the poster whose only take on this is anything Farage has to say she thinks the opposite. Grow the fuck up.

“Police officers tell Henry they don't believe he's stabbed because of said race card…”

No no no no no no.

We don’t know that it was because of the claim by Digwa that he had been racially targeted that they disbelieved or distrusted what Henry was saying. Indeed, we don’t yet know why they treated Henry as the criminal. We have to wait for the investigation to conclude; then, we can comment.

sleepwouldbenice · 04/06/2026 00:17

JuliaBraverman · 03/06/2026 23:17

It seems in these times if you’re not left you’re considered far right! The political landscape has changed and as a life long Labour supporter, they do not represent me anymore I’m afraid.

Didnt say far right
Said right wing?
Farage is right wing, TR is far right
If you support these violent riots organised by him then you are supporting the far right
Not rocket science

JuliaBraverman · 04/06/2026 00:20

sleepwouldbenice · 04/06/2026 00:17

Didnt say far right
Said right wing?
Farage is right wing, TR is far right
If you support these violent riots organised by him then you are supporting the far right
Not rocket science

👍🏻

sleepwouldbenice · 04/06/2026 00:21

GardenCovent · 03/06/2026 23:49

So before someone actually speaks you know that you are against what they have to say?
What a pathetic way to live

I do actually agree, marginally with some things the toad says
But he wraps it up in lies, misinformation and exaggeration. And hateful bile
So no I won't listen to him
Trust has to be learnt. He's miles from that

JuliaBraverman · 04/06/2026 00:21

AmateurDad · 04/06/2026 00:12

“Police officers tell Henry they don't believe he's stabbed because of said race card…”

No no no no no no.

We don’t know that it was because of the claim by Digwa that he had been racially targeted that they disbelieved or distrusted what Henry was saying. Indeed, we don’t yet know why they treated Henry as the criminal. We have to wait for the investigation to conclude; then, we can comment.

Oh yes the investigation will be so enlightening ….

sleepwouldbenice · 04/06/2026 00:22

*earnt

Flyingintotheunknown · 04/06/2026 04:46

BackToLurk · 03/06/2026 19:38

You don’t seem to have answered the question. TR organises marches. Like the one in Southampton in response to this case. So it’s relevant. What argument do you imagine I’m defending by mentioning him btw?

It’s the same argument every time by people on the left. People on the right have been organising protests all over the country. Some have been organised by TR, an awful lot haven’t. But it’s this incessant need by anyone on the left to label literally anyone who attends these protests, even if they haven’t been organised by TR and have nothing to do with him, as far right TR supporting racist thugs! It’s all they’ve got to go on! They cannot seem to argue a valid logical point without mentioning either TR, Farage or the word racist and it’s wearing very thin with many people now, as you can see on this thread. Even some of those on the left have acknowledged on this very thread that a lot of the lefties are trying to to shut down free speech by pulling the TR, Farage, racist rhetoric. It’s like a broken record.

Flyingintotheunknown · 04/06/2026 04:53

Seend · 03/06/2026 19:22

QED. The term ‘race card’ is always used by racists.

In this case, the disgusting perpetrator made false allegations of racism and it was completely unacceptable, as was the behaviour of the police. And a poor innocent boy lost his life.

That is how to describe it. Racists use the term ‘race card’ to minimise genuine instances of prejudice and discrimination and it’s not a phrase decent people use. I wouldn’t use the term, any more than I would say, ‘antisemitism card’.

“QED. The term ‘race card’ is always used by racists.”

Oh well you’ll have to tell your fellow lefties that then, seeing as it’s them who throw the term ‘racist’ around Willy nilly at anyone who they don’t agree with!

BackToLurk · 04/06/2026 05:40

Flyingintotheunknown · 04/06/2026 04:46

It’s the same argument every time by people on the left. People on the right have been organising protests all over the country. Some have been organised by TR, an awful lot haven’t. But it’s this incessant need by anyone on the left to label literally anyone who attends these protests, even if they haven’t been organised by TR and have nothing to do with him, as far right TR supporting racist thugs! It’s all they’ve got to go on! They cannot seem to argue a valid logical point without mentioning either TR, Farage or the word racist and it’s wearing very thin with many people now, as you can see on this thread. Even some of those on the left have acknowledged on this very thread that a lot of the lefties are trying to to shut down free speech by pulling the TR, Farage, racist rhetoric. It’s like a broken record.

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