The Nowak family have responded to the death of their son with remarkable dignity.

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Throughout the investigation, the trial and the sentencing, they have conducted themselves calmly, publicly and, above all, reasonably. They have made their views known, without calling for vengeance, without inflaming tensions, and without abandoning their faith in the legal process.

That is why I found Nigel Farage's response so jarring.

After praising the Nowak family for the decent and honourable way they have handled themselves, he called on "the rest of us" to respond with "pure, cold rage".

Well, if it's all right with Nigel, I'll stick with reason.

That is not to say people should not be angry. Of course, they are angry. Cases like this provoke powerful emotions. Anger can be entirely justified. It can be a force for good. It can galvanise people, focus attention on injustice and drive change.

Some of the most memorable speeches in Parliament have been fuelled by anger. You can hear it in the voice of the speaker and feel it in the force of the argument.

But there is a........

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