3 h. ago Holocaust survivors call on Nigel Farage to apologise for alleged racist abuse

The 11 signatories, some of whom have survived death camps, called on the Clacton MP to admit whether he subjected his classmates to antisemitic abuse

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3 h. ago Holocaust survivors call on Farage to apologise for alleged racist abuse

The Reform UK leader denied at a press conference on Thursday that he ever made racist remarks in a ‘malicious or nasty way’.

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4 h. ago Holocaust death camp survivors demand an apology from Nigel Farage for 'racist abuse'

It comes after Farage denied at a press conference that he ever made racist remarks in a ‘malicious or nasty way’

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4 h. ago Nine Holocaust survivors demand Nigel Farage tells the truth over Hitler comments

In a letter to the Reform UK leader, nine Holocaust survivors demanded Nigel Farage reveals whether he did tell classmates 'Hitler was right' - saying: 'This moment is about moral responsibility'

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6 h. ago Holocaust survivors call on Nigel Farage to apologise over alleged antisemitic comments

Exclusive: Group’s open letter says Reform UK leader must take responsibility for behaviour as a schoolboyA group of Holocaust survivors have demanded Nigel Farage tell the truth and apologise for the antisemitic comments that fellow pupils of Dulwich College allege he made toward Jewish pupils.The Reform UK leader has said he never racially abused anyone with intent but may have engaged in “banter in a playground”. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago We can’t let ignorant racist fools tell Scotland's schools what to do

The ignorance of people protesting outside a Glasgow school and the racist abuse directed at an Inverness school’s Christmas play are worrying signs about where society is heading

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55 h. ago Former Falkirk MP backs protest exclusion zones outside asylum hotels after 'reports of racist abuse'

EXCLUSIVE: Dennis Canavan has lent his support to the idea after a series of angry clashes outside the Cladhan Hotel in the town.

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3 d. ago David Lammy tells of ‘traumatic’ racial abuse in youth after Farage allegations

Deputy PM contrasts apologies from former classmates to Reform UK leader’s response to claims against himDavid Lammy has spoken of his own “traumatic” experience of being racially abused at school as he called on Nigel Farage to apologise for comments he allegedly made while a teenager.Lammy, the deputy prime minister and justice secretary, said the testimony of more than 20 of the Reform leader’s school contemporaries of his racist and antisemitic behaviour was “deeply troubling”. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Nigel Farage should ‘do right thing’ and apologise over alleged schoolboy racism, David Lammy says

The Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy claimed the allegations against the Reform UK leader were 'deeply troubling', and shared his own experiences of racism at school.

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3 d. ago Nigel Farage urged to apologise over alleged schoolboy racism by UK's top lawyer

Richard Hermer, the Attorney General, who is Jewish, said Nigel Farage's alleged comments had 'clearly deeply hurt' people and called for him to apologise

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6 d. ago Antisemitism allegations against the teenage Farage matter – look at what he went on to do | Jonathan Freedland

Farage has cosied up to US figures who espoused conspiracy theories about Jews. That kind of talk is becoming alarmingly mainstream on the Maga right Nigel Farage could have strangled this story at birth. Confronted with the testimony of more than 20 former schoolmates, who shared with the Guardian their memories of a young Farage taunting Jews and other minorities in the most appalling terms – telling a Jewish pupil that “Hitler was right”, singing “Gas ’em all” and making a hissing sound to simulate lethal gas – he could have said: “I have no memory of what’s been described, but such behaviour would of course have been atrocious and if I was involved in any way, I am genuinely sorry.”Sure, it would have been more of an “ifpology” than an apology, its admission of guilt wholly conditional, but it would surely have closed the story down. Reassured that the Reform UK leader had declared racist and antisemitic abuse unacceptable, most observers would have allowed that these events too...

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7 d. ago UEFA hit Chelsea opponents with fine and ban after racist abuse

Chelsea condemned racist abuse aimed towards their young players after a U19 UEFA Youth League fixture against Qarabag in Baku earlier this month, with the Azerbaijani outfit seeing a hefty fine

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8 d. ago Plane passenger who squared up to air hostess and hurled racist abuse when he was refused a cup of coffee avoids jail

Akbar Aghgaleh, 61, erupted in rage aboard an Air Canada flight from Montreal to Heathrow, confronting cabin crew member with his 'fists clenched in a fighting stance'.

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8 d. ago Starmer calls on Farage to apologise to his alleged victims of racial abuse at school

Prime minister says Reform leader’s explanations about alleged comments are ‘unconvincing to say the least’Keir Starmer has called on Nigel Farage to apologise to his school contemporaries who claim the Reform leader racially abused them while at Dulwich College.The Guardian reported last week the testimony of Peter Ettedgui, who said a 13-year-old Farage “would sidle up to me and growl: ‘Hitler was right’ or ‘gas them’, sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas showers”. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Keir Starmer tells Nigel Farage to apologise over racism allegations

It comes after former classmates from his time at Dulwich College, in south London, alleged that the Reform UK leader made pro-Hitler comments and joked about gas chambers

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9 d. ago Scottish school cancels Christmas play after ‘racist and abusive’ messages

Show at Cauldeen primary school in Inverness had included a scene explaining hardship faced by Syrian refugeesA primary school in Scotland has cancelled its Christmas show after receiving “racist and abusive” messages because it featured sympathy towards Syrian refugees.The decision by Cauldeen primary school in Inverness follows rising tensions at other schools in Scotland over adult English classes being targeted by far-right demonstrators, which has also led to events being cancelled. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Scots primary school cancels Christmas show after ‘racist’ online abuse

Police said they have received a report of threatening and abusive online communications and are investigating.

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9 d. ago Primary school cancels Christmas show after receiving 'racist messages' as Police Scotland launch probe

Highland Council said there was ‘negative feedback’ on social media and ‘racist and abusive’ messages

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9 d. ago Primary school forced to cancel Christmas show after racist abuse

Police said they have received a report of threatening and abusive online communications and are investigating

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1 week ago Primary school Christmas show cancelled after ‘racist’ online abuse

Children will now take part in other ‘festive learning’ opportunities, the local council said.

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