37 h. ago Nigel Farage told to apologise by 26 of his school contemporaries

Open letter to Reform UK leader expresses ‘dismay and anger’ at his response to racism and antisemitism allegationsNigel Farage has been told to apologise for his alleged teenage racism by 26 school contemporaries who have written an open letter telling of their “dismay and anger” at his response in recent weeks.In a united challenge to the Reform UK leader, the alleged victims and witnesses condemn him for what they describe as his refusal to acknowledge his behaviour at Dulwich college. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Welcome to the twilight zone where Nigel Farage can be accused of racism yet still lead the polls | Nesrine Malik

After weeks of allegations of schoolboy racism, the Reform leader is doubling down. And our political establishment is allowing itJust as I was starting to write this column, an email alert popped up on my screen. “Punters back Nigel for prime minister after Keir Starmer,” it read, placing the Reform leader second in the odds market after Wes Streeting. What a weird, dissonant duality this is. Nigel Farage is in his fourth week of revelations about alleged racist behaviour at school, and yet, here we are. This is one of those twilight-zone moments in British politics, where it seems something is going to “cut through” any minute now. For a moment it seems as if it absolutely will. And then, there’s a loss of momentum and a return to the status quo. In my mind it manifests like a battle of physical forces, acting on one another. Journalistic investigations, testimonies, whistleblowers, all as a sort of storm that blows on a political actor who may be knocked off his feet, but still m...

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3 d. ago Village where houses average £600,000 riven by bitter allegations of racism, sexism and even sabotage between surgery and pharmacy

Beneath its prosperous surface, the upmarket village of Rowlands Castle in the foothills of the South Downs has been riven by an extraordinary legal feud between its GP and pharmacy.

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5 d. ago Will Farage's Trumpian strategy work against him? He has good reason to believe it won't | Samuel Earle

The Reform leader bit back over allegations of racial abuse and revealed his strategy: the best form of defence is dragging everyone else into the mireAs the allegations of Nigel Farage’s racist and antisemitic school bullying multiplied, it was hard to keep up with his shifting array of responses. At times, in his evasiveness and discomfort, he has looked like that most un-Farage of things: a nervous politician, anxious not to say the wrong word.Last week, however, he angrily returned to his preferred posture: brimming with indignation at the moral hypocrisy of elites. He lashed out at the BBC’s “double standards” for indulging the allegations, when the broadcaster itself showed racist jokes and skits back in those days. Farage announced it was not he who should apologise, but apparently the BBC that should say sorry “for virtually everything you did throughout the 1970s and 1980s”. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Headmaster of Nigel Farage's school issues statement over racism allegations

A Dulwich College master has said allegations of racist behaviour by the Reform UK leader when he was a pupil are 'profoundly distressing'

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7 d. ago Dulwich College breaks its silence on Nigel Farage racism allegations | ITV News

Dulwich College breaks its silence on Nigel Farage racism allegations | ITV News  ITVX

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1 week ago Richard Tice accused of 'retraumatising victim' with dismissal of Farage racism claim

Reform's Deputy Leader Richard Tice drew a furious backlash after he appeared to dismiss allegations against Nigel Farage from a schoolmate whose family fled the Nazis

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1 week ago Nigel Farage 'is reported to the police over claim of election fraud in Clacton'

Nigel Farage has been reported to the police over claims of falsified election expenses, it has emerged.

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1 week ago Nigel Farage should apologise after racism allegations, says former watchdog head

Kishwer Falkner says Reform leader should apologise to people who say he targeted them at school, even if he rejects being deliberately racistNigel Farage should offer an unreserved apology to people who allege he targeted them with racist or antisemitic behaviour while at school, the outgoing head of the government’s equalities watchdog has said.Kishwer Falkner, a crossbench peer who has just completed five years as chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, said that even if the Reform UK leader rejected the allegation that he had been deliberately racist, he could nonetheless apologise to people who said they had been deeply hurt by his actions. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Nigel Farage's 'It Ain't Half Hot Mum' attack on BBC double standards as he turns tables on broadcaster after it accuses him of racism

The Reform UK leader has been dogged by questions from the corporation about alleged schoolboy racism, which he denies.

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2 w. ago Farage turns on broadcasters over racism allegations as number of claims hits 28

Reform leader suggests he would boycott BBC, saying he has had letter from Dulwich pupils defending him Nigel Farage has turned on broadcasters for questioning him about his alleged teenage racism and antisemitism as the number of school contemporaries who recalled such behaviour to the Guardian reached 28.In an angry performance at a press conference in London, the Reform leader suggested he would boycott the BBC and said ITV had its own case to answer, as he repeatedly shouted “Bernard Manning”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Ben Jennings on the racism allegations surrounding Nigel Farage’s schooldays – cartoon

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2 w. ago Furious Nigel Farage threatens to boycott the BBC as he accuses the corporation of 'astonishing double standards' in racism row

The Reform UK leader has been dogged by questions from the corporation about alleged schoolboy racism, which he denies.

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2 w. ago Farage repeatedly shouts ‘Bernard Manning’ at journalists amid racism allegations

Reform UK leader hit out at the BBC and ITV for what he said were ‘double standards’ but was criticised by the comedian’s family

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2 w. ago Reform deputy leader dismisses claims of Farage’s past racism as new witnesses come forward

Richard Tice says testimony by about two dozen people about party leader’s school days is ‘made-up twaddle’Reform UK’s deputy leader has described a celebrated film director and a large and growing group of corroborating witnesses as liars over their allegations of Nigel Farage’s teenage antisemitism and racism.With the bigotry row continuing to dog Reform, whose lead in the national polls has slipped in recent weeks, Richard Tice turned on those who claimed to have been abused and those who say they saw it. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Richard Tice blasted for 'shameful' response to Nigel Farage racism allegations

More than a dozen former classmates from Mr Farage's time at Dulwich College, in south London, alleged that Mr Farage made pro-Hitler comments and joked about gas chambers

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2 w. ago Reform council leader accused of racism after alleged remarks about Sadiq Khan

Ian Cooper allegedly called Khan ‘narcissistic Pakistani’ and made comments about lawyer Shola Mos-ShogbamimuA Reform UK council leader has been accused of racism after allegedly describing Sadiq Khan as a “narcissistic Pakistani” and saying a black British lawyer should have “F’d off back to Nigeria”.Ian Cooper, the leader of Staffordshire county council, is also said to have attacked the justice secretary, David Lammy, in a social media post that said: “No foreign national or first generation migrant should be allowed to sit in parliament.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Nigel Farage responds to claim he called Reform election pact with Tories ‘inevitable’

It comes after reports Farage told donors that a Reform-Tory pact is ‘inevitable’

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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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