Nigel Farage has used the launch of a new Substack newsletter to argue that Britain has become a “two tier state against white people,” pledging that a Reform UK government would evict foreign nationals from social housing and repeal the Equality Act.
In his first essay, titled “Britain Is A Two Tier State – Against White People” and published on Sunday morning, the Clacton MP argued that “the British state is no longer working for everyone in this country,” citing the murder of student Henry Nowak, who was reportedly handcuffed by police as he lay dying after his killer claimed to have been the victim of a racist attack.
Farage’s essay sets out a series of claims about housing, healthcare, education, policing, the military and the workplace, arguing that what he describes as “deeply anti-white racism” runs through public life. “Across public and economic life, the power of the Government has been brought to bear on tackling ‘inequalities’, in a narrow and specific sense,” he wrote. “Anything which is seen to disadvantage a minority group is cracked down on. Anything which benefits a minority and damages the White British is likely to be left alone.”
On housing specifically, Farage argued that rules giving priority to local people with ties to an area had been “stripped away” over the past century. Under a Reform government, he said, foreign nationals living in social housing would be given a three-month grace period to move into private rented accommodation, after which they would lose their right to remain in the UK and become liable for deportation.
Farage said he was launching the Substack so he could set out his views “in his own words” rather than have them “twisted and misrepresented,” and committed to publishing a long essay each month.
The essay received immediate backing from fellow Reform MP Suella Braverman, who said she was “very proud” to read it. Appearing on Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips on Sky News, she said: “The tragic murder of Henry Nowak has to be a wake-up call that white people were told by the police to be treated differently to non-white people, and saying that is not divisive.” Braverman, who defected to Reform after leaving the Conservatives and standing down as home secretary, said she believed white people were “treated more unfairly than non-white people,” adding: “We’re saying that the institutions, the laws, and the high-level policies in this country treat white people less fairly than non-white people.” She said she had been the first Conservative minister to give a speech outlining problems with the Equality Act, describing it as part of the reason she ultimately left the party.
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy, also appearing on Sky News, rejected Farage’s framing outright. “He should take his nasty hate and anger and division somewhere else frankly,” she said. “I think people want hope. They don’t want more anger, they don’t want more division, they don’t want more hate, and I wish he’d just take it somewhere else. There are serious challenges that this country faces. People have not felt listened to or heard. Living standards haven’t improved for too long. People want better, they want more.” Nandy also said she hoped Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham would win next week’s Makerfield by-election, adding: “I hope he comes back to Westminster to help us bring the issues that matter to people right up front and centre as part of this Government.”
