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Badenoch, Starmer Urge Calm as 74% Reject Ethnic Identity

6/5/2026

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Kemi Badenoch warned in a BBC Radio 4 documentary that parties exploiting ethnic tensions risk civil war and urged assimilation.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Badenoch urged politicians to avoid inflaming tensions after body-camera footage of Henry Nowak’s handcuffing sparked Southampton protests.
A More in Common poll showed 74 % of English say English identity does not depend on skin colour or ethnicity after Badenoch criticized the Green Party’s Urdu separatist campaign.

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Kemi Badenoch warned in a BBC Radio 4 documentary that parties exploiting ethnic tensions risk civil war and urged assimilation.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Badenoch urged politicians to avoid inflaming tensions after body-camera footage of Henry Nowak’s handcuffing sparked Southampton protests.
A More in Common poll showed 74 % of English say English identity does not depend on skin colour or ethnicity after Badenoch criticized the Green Party’s Urdu separatist campaign.