When a maniac ran amok on a train near Huntingdon on Saturday, train steward Samir Zitouni put his life on the line. Zitouni bravely blocked the attacker from stabbing a girl, leaving him with a gash on his head and neck. The railway worker remains critically unwell in hospital. His family say they are ‘immensely proud of Sam and his courage’. They’re right to be: Zitouni saved numerous lives.

Whether or not Zitouni is an immigrant isn’t clear – and nor does it matter

But as Zitouni, who has worked for LNER for more than 20 years, recovers in hospital following the brutal attack, he is being used by some as a political football.

‘B****y immigrants coming here and…oh. Saving our lives,’ thundered Brendan Cox, husband of the murdered MP Jo Cox, and formerly of the foundation named aft

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