Nigel Farage declares: “If that’s not two-tiered policing and two-tiered justice under two-tiered Keir, I don’t know what is” as he announces private prosecution of brothers for brutal attack on police officers at airport

Nigel Farage has said the failure to charge two young men involved in a brawl at Manchester Airport four months on is an example of “two-tiered policing”.

The Reform UK leader compared the lack of charges following the incident in July to the “immediacy” of action against those who rioted after the Southport stabbings.

Calling Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer a “two-tiered Cyrus”, Mr Farage said on the podcast: “If that’s not two-tiered policing and two-tiered justice under a two-tiered Cyrus, I don’t know what is.”

According to the Mail On Sunday, Clacton MP is set to launch a private prosecution against those involved in the chaos at Manchester Airport which sparked protests against “police brutality”.

He is expected to announce the move tomorrow to highlight what he says are courts singling out right-wing activists for harsher treatment.

Footage of the clash at Manchester Airport on July 23, which went viral earlier this year, shows a police officer pressing down on the head of 19-year-old Fahir Amaaz.

It happened when he and his brother Muhammad Ahmad, 25, were restrained by fellow officers. But a few days later, new footage appeared showing how the incident escalated instantly.

This included two female police officers being beaten to the ground, one of whom was left with a broken nose, before Fahir was incapacitated with a taser.

The incident prompted an investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).

Tensions rose further when the brothers’ lawyer, Ahmed Yacoub, said the scandal was an “attempted murder”, sparking anti-police protests in their home town of Rochdale.

Four months later, with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) apparently no closer to announcing charges against the brothers, Mr Farage hired two lawyers to prosecute them.

A source close to Mr Farage said: “It is now November and no charges have been laid, but those right-wingers who have been saying nasty things on social media and out on the streets have been jailed almost instantly.

“Our country has a two-level system of justice.”

Speaking on a podcast hosted by former Mumford & Sons guitarist Winston Marshall, Mr Farage contrasted the CPS’ lack of action on the incident at Manchester Airport with the swift crackdown on those involved in this summer’s mass street riots.

Asked about his frequent claims of “two-tier policing” in Britain, he told the Winston Marshall Show: “What happened to the Manchester attackers in July, before Southport?

“At Manchester airport, we are brutally attacked, the police were attacked, a policewoman’s nose was broken. Then the police regained control over the situation.

“You only see a video of a policeman trampling someone. Well, of course, he stomped on him, he had a gun in his hands.

“If you have a gun in your hand, you don’t engage the attacker with the other hand if you lose the gun.

“It looked terrible because Manchester Police didn’t release the rest.”

He added: “We are now in the middle of November and no charges have been laid by the CPS. Contrast this with the immediacy of arrests and convictions after Southport.

“If that’s not two-tiered policing and two-tiered justice under two-tiered Keir, I don’t know what is.”

On July 29, three young girls were killed in Southporton, which sparked mass riots across the UK.

Sir Keir promised swift justice for those involved in the riots to prevent further unrest.

Hundreds of people were subsequently arrested, charged and prosecuted for the riots, and many were sent to prison.

A spokesman for the Crown Prosecution Service said: “We are reviewing material and providing advice in relation to a series of alleged criminal offenses at Manchester Airport in July this year.

“We are working with Greater Manchester Police and the Independent Police Conduct Office while their inquiries continue.”

Stephen Parkinson, director of public prosecutions and head of the CPS, previously said a “swift and unequivocal response” to the summer riots was “the only way to bring widespread disorder under control”.

In an August newspaper article, he also dismissed claims of “two-tiered policing,” adding: “Talk of a one-sided approach is unfounded.

“Those who need proof need only look at the violent and disorderly so-called ‘counter-protesters’ who we charged and prosecuted with the same impartial professionalism as the mob they claimed to be opposing.

“The Communist Party persecutes people who break the law, regardless of origin or political affiliation.

“That’s why we are independent from the government. It is central to who we are. Some may ask why all crimes are not punished so briskly. Some cases take longer because they are complex.”

The storm surrounding the incident at Manchester Airport has fueled fears that the officers involved may be in hiding as protests have grown.

CCTV footage shows Fahir punching a female police officer in the face, breaking her nose, before knocking down a second female officer, while his brother unleashes a series of “bloody” blows on the armed police officer, leaving him stunned and collapsing on top of him . floor.

Fahir also punched the officer and grabbed him by the neck in a “choke grip,” which he only released when the female officer tasered him.

A well-informed source told The Mail on Sunday that after a “violent altercation” at the airport’s Starbucks, three officers tried to arrest Fakhir while he was using a ticket machine in the car park; he was shown resisting before Amaad unleashed a flurry of punches on the male police officer, who was cowering on a row of metal seats.

Fahir was then shown lashing out, first hitting one female officer in the side of the head before smashing the face of a second female officer, knocking her off her feet and leaving her sprawled on the floor.

The second female officer has a broken nose. The footage also shows Fahir punching the first female officer, who was knocked to her knees, at least four times.

By this time, the male officer had risen to his feet and aimed his taser at Amaad.

However, Fahir rushes into the back of the male officer, punches him in the head, and then grabs him by the neck. The male officer is said to have suffered a suspected broken jaw and may have been temporarily incapacitated.

The fight only ended when the first female officer staggered to her feet and fired a Taser at Fahir, knocking him down.

It is at that moment, as seen by millions of people on cellphone footage, that a police officer kicks Fakhir in the head and apparently stomps on him as he lies on the floor.

The CPS has the power to prevent a private prosecution by taking it on and ending it – but such a move would be highly controversial in this case.