Yes, if he truly believe that Bobby had said something
racist towards him, he's justified in his reaction (
even if said verbal
abuse was a direct response to a dangerous cheap shot by Holgate).
Today we inhabit a society in which prejudice, fear and hatred of foreigners increasingly erodes logic, morality and
even national self - interest; where MPs are targeted; where judges are described as enemies of the people, where a foreign woman who insists on the primacy of parliament is subject to
racist abuse and rape and death threats, where you can be verbally and physically attacked if you speak a foreign language in the street or simply happen to look foreign.