There are those who have seized on the case to stir up racial tension for their own political benefit, among them Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.

He said the public should feel “pure, cold rage” at the alleged bias of the police. Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, called for rules requiring public bodies such as schools and hospitals to consider promoting equality of opportunity in their decisions to be scrapped, implying they were a factor in Nowak’s death, when they clearly were not. Southampton is a racially diverse city, all the better for it in the eyes of many of its citizens. To whip up grievances by one group against another is irresponsible and dangerous – Farage’s call for “rage” could trigger race riots. The sooner the public sees him for what he is, the better.

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