The Nowak murder has lit a match under British politics. This is how we got here
Key takeaways
- They were being taken on a tour of the labyrinthine building in between meetings with Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and their appointment at Downing Street with the prime minister.
- In a terrible week of grief, I'm told they were touched to hear their son's death being acknowledged calmly in the country's parliament.
- The same would not apply to the ugly conversations of the day before.
Why this matters: a developing story that could shape the day's news cycle.
Laura Kuenssberg Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg BBCHenry Nowak's mum and dad were being shown round the Victorian maze that is the Houses of Parliament when they heard politicians talking about their 18-year-old son's murder.
They were being taken on a tour of the labyrinthine building in between meetings with Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and their appointment at Downing Street with the prime minister. They'd climbed the steep steps to the crammed public gallery to take a peek at the Commons Chamber when, by chance, the leader of the Commons, Alan Campbell, and his opposite number, Jesse Norman, both paid tribute to their son, and the dignity of the family.
In a terrible week of grief, I'm told they were touched to hear their son's death being acknowledged calmly in the country's parliament.