Davidas Lammy (Deividas Lamis), who is also the Justice Secretary, said he expressed his opposition to J. D. Vance during a phone call on Saturday, which he described as robust.
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D. Lammy and J. D. Vance formed a friendship based on their religious beliefs and family backgrounds, despite representing different sides of the political spectrum.
“Our conversation was pleasant because we have a connection, but I wanted to make it clear to him that I disagree with some of the facts he stated, and to present him with the true facts,” D. Lammy told Sky News.
The call came a day after J. D. Vance wrote on social media platform X that there should be “righteous anger” in response to the murder of 18-year-old Henry Nowak (Henrio Novako). The young man died in December after being stabbed by Vickrum Digwa (Vikrumas Digva) in Southampton, England.
Sikh V. Digwa falsely claimed to police that he was the victim of a racist attack by white H. Nowak. Arriving police officers initially treated the injured man as a suspect until they noticed his injury and attempted to resuscitate him.
J. D. Vance partly blamed the death on “a mass invasion of migrants, many of whom despise the West and the people who love it.”
D. Lammy said he wanted to “emphasize a few things” to J. D. Vance, including that the killer is British and is now imprisoned.
“This has nothing to do with mass migration,” D. Lammy said.
23-year-old V. Digwa was found guilty of murder after stabbing H. Nowak with a 21-centimeter Sikh dagger and was sentenced this week to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 21 years.
The case has been exploited by anti-immigration activists and politicians in the UK. On Tuesday, Southampton police were pelted with chairs, cans, stones, and flares after a demonstration over H. Nowak’s death, attended by far-right figures and others.
In a statement released on Friday, in response to J. D. Vance’s comments, Prime Minister Keir Starmer (Kiro Starmerio)’s office criticized people “trying to interfere with our democracy and seeking to stir up division in our streets.”
The Independent Office for Police Conduct, which investigates allegations of police misconduct, is investigating the actions of officers present at the scene.
The victim’s father, Mark Nowak (Markas Novakas), stated that the case is not about racism or religion, and that he wants his son’s death to help ensure safer streets, rather than being used to “further division, hatred, or tension.”
D. Lammy also said he told J. D. Vance that “it is not helpful to write on social media in that way, partly because of what the Nowak family asked for, and reminded him of their wish not to turn this into a matter of division and hatred, but to turn it into a matter of common sense.”
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