Farage Denies Schoolboy Racist Allegations

Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, has categorically denied allegations from more than a dozen former classmates at Dulwich College in south London that he made racist and antisemitic remarks during his teenage years in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The claims, resurfacing in recent reports, describe incidents from when Farage attended the fee-paying school between 1975 and 1982, a period he has described as nearly 50 years ago.

The accusations include specific instances of offensive language and behavior. One former pupil, award-winning director Peter Ettedgui, alleged that Farage said "Hitler was right" and "gas them" while making hissing sounds to imitate gas chambers. Other classmates claimed Farage voiced support for 1930s fascist leader Oswald Mosley, sang songs with lyrics such as "gas 'em all," and used slurs like "Paki" and "wog" toward non-white students. Some reports noted that as a prefect, Farage reportedly gave a detention to a pupil solely for being Asian and pointed non-white students toward the exit while making derogatory comments. These accounts come from individuals who attended the school with Farage, though some remain anonymous, and a smaller number of...