Nigel Farage defended by Suella Braverman after claiming Britain is a 'two-tier state against white people' - 'He is spot on!'

Nigel Farage has been fiercely defended by Suella Braverman over his claim on Substack the UK is a "two-tier state against white people".

Speaking to GB News, the Reform UK Education spokesman was challenged on the remarks by host Emily Carver.

Asked by Emily on whether she believes the Reform leader's remarks were "a bit much", Mrs Braverman completely disagreed.

She told GB News: "I think it's absolutely spot on. I'm afraid we can't say it's a bit much when a young man was brutally murdered and it's been exposed that the police treated a dying man harshly, cruelly and unfairly because of the colour of his skin. I can't think of a worse thing.

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"They assumed that the victim was the aggressor and that he was guilty of racism, and they were following guidance."

The Reform MP argued the incident is not a "one off" and the problem has become "systemic" within British institutions.

She said: "That wasn't a one off, that wasn't a rogue police officer making a mistake. That was a police officer following guidance, guidance from Hampshire Police, which said in terms that they should treat non-white people more leniently than white people.

"And those words, 'I don't think you have mate', will ring out in history as a symbol of the distortion of fairness. I think it's horrible, that is not a one off. So I think someone needs to have the gumption and the courage to call this out."

As Emily suggested pottentially police officers in the case of Henry Nowak "were to blame" rather than an "entire two state idea", Mrs Braverman disagreed.

She hit back: "The problem is it is systemic, because we've got policy making it clear that anti-white racism is acceptable. That's policy, that's not a one off.

"Ethnic minorities, women, disabled people, older people, gaypeople –, no one should be treated better or worse because of the colour of their skin or their gender."

Turning to Reform UK policy, Mrs Braverman was questioned on the party's plan to abolish the Equalities Act and how it will impact Britons.

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The Reform MP assured GB News viewers: "Our position is very clear, we will maintain all the important safeguards that protect people like you and me in the workplace.

"But the problem is the Equality Act has given birth to the huge DEI, the diversity, equity and inclusion industry, which has allowed horrendous things to happen.

"Whether it's race action plans that we saw in the police, which encourage the police to treat white people more harshly than non-white people, or whether it's the Bank of England offering internships to ethnic minorities, excluding explicitly and without apology.

"It's why the RAF or NHS, universities are preferring ethnic minorities over white people just because of the colour of their skin? That is unfair. That is anti-white racism and we can't keep condoning it."

Mrs Braverman continued: "We need to call it out, and we need to say the solution is to get rid of this legal infrastructure that has allowed it to grow over decades, started under Labour, exacerbated under the Conservatives.

"Only Reform has the guts to say this is the solution, and I would say we didn't announce it in the wake of Henry Nowak. We actually announced it six months ago, because this is a real systemic problem."

Questioned on the stabbing of a man in Belfast, Mrs Braverman argued the suspect, an asylum seeker, should "never have got into the country".

She concluded: "He should never have been granted asylum, and it represents one of the greatest betrayals by the last Conservative Government, and it's one of the big reasons why I left the party."

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