Keir Starmer
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This is a tragic case.
We have to start with Henry.
We really need to listen to Henry's family because they're asking us as politicians, as leaders, not to use his case to whip up division, not to cause disturbances.
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This is a tragic case.
We have to start with Henry.
We really need to listen to Henry's family because they're asking us as politicians, as leaders, not to use his case to whip up division, not to cause disturbances.
Leaving family have asked us not to respond in the way that the leader of reform has responded.
They've asked us not to.
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.
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 learned so we can deliver justice.
His response has been to appeal for rage.
Rage.
Rage.
That's his response to a father who's 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.