19 h. 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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20 h. ago Sadiq Khan says Farage’s denial of teenage racism allegations ‘desperate’

Exclusive: London mayor says allegations about Reform leader had summoned memories of his own pastSadiq Khan has spoken of his dismay at Nigel Farage’s “desperate” denials of allegations of teenage racism as he described how his experience as a child shaped his life.The mayor of London said testimony from more than 20 individuals who made allegations about the Reform leader had summoned memories of his own past. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Sadiq Khan recalls past abuse as he urges Nigel Farage to apologise over racism claims

Exclusive: London mayor says allegations of teenage racism against Reform leader remind him of being called P-wordOpinion: Antisemitism allegations against the teenage Farage matter – look at what he went on to do Sadiq Khan has spoken of his dismay at Nigel Farage’s “desperate” denials of allegations of teenage racism as he described how his experience as a child shaped his life.The mayor of London said testimony from more than 20 individuals who made allegations about the Reform leader had summoned memories of his own past. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Former Scots UKIP leader denies taking Russian propaganda cash – days after ally jailed over bribes

NIGEL Farage’s ex Scottish leader has denied taking money from a pro-Russia propaganda campaign after being named in a court case. David Coburn was named in WhatsApp messages involving a disgraced MEP convicted of taking bribes to boost Putin’s message. The ex-Scottish leader of UKIP and Brexit Party MEP served in the European Parliament alongside...

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64 h. ago Is Farage right to claim that racism allegations are response to a dislike of his politics?

Reform UK leader has again denied allegations about his behaviour as a schoolboy but what are the facts?Nigel Farage has again denied allegations of racism as a schoolboy and repeated his claim that some had been concocted because people disliked his politics.During a press conference, he snapped at one reporter who asked about the issue, saying: “I think we’ve gone quite a long way towards answering all this, don’t you?” Continue reading...

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66 h. ago Farage says he thought Enoch Powell was right to raise scale of community change

The Reform UK leader also suggested people complaining about his behaviour at school had ‘different political views to me’.

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68 h. ago Nigel Farage jokes late Queen could have been 'Putin sympathiser'

Keir Starmer had demanded an investigation into links between Reform UK and Russia following the party’s former leader in Wales being sentenced to more than a decade behind bars for

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68 h. ago Nigel Farage claimed Enoch Powell was 'right' about opposing 'vast community change'

The Reform UK leader, who is accused of making racist and pro-Hitler comments while he was a schoolboy, claimed his accusers just had different political views to him

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3 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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3 d. ago Several arrests after farmers bring tractors to capital for Budget protest

Reform UK promised to provide legal support for those held by the Metropolitan Police

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3 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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3 d. ago The Donald was given a free pass by Labour MPs over Ukraine peace agreement. Why are they so wet? QUENTIN LETTS watches PMQs...

Reform sustained some damage in the Commons for its 'pro-Putin' stance. Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch biffed hard at Nigel Farage 's party.

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3 d. ago Nigel Farage denies racially abusing fellow pupils at top private school

Allegations suggested the Reform leader engaged in alleged incidents of offensive behaviour throughout his teenage years

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3 d. ago Nigel Farage ‘categorically’ denies racially abusing fellow students at school

The Reform UK leader suggested there could be political motivations behind the claims

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3 d. ago Farage insists he did not racially abuse fellow pupils after interview questions

The 61-year-old issued a statement the day after an interview in which he left open the possibility he may have made racist remarks without ‘intent’.

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3 d. ago Rattled Reform leader Nigel Farage issues new statement on racism allegations

In a statement, the Reform UK leader Nigel Farage claimed the 'desperate establishment' were coming after him as he denied allegations of racism at his top private school

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3 d. ago Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui

Now that my former classmate has finally spoken about the allegations of his behaviour at school, I feel compelled to address his points directly I had thought my Dulwich days were well behind me and that I’d never again have to think about the antisemitic taunts I suffered from Nigel Farage at school. Then at some point in the late 2000s, a friend sent me a YouTube video of the then Ukip leader haranguing EU commissioners.The instant I saw Farage, my blood froze. All I could think of was his 13-year-old self sidling up to me, growling the words “Hitler was right” and other odious remarks (“To the gas chambers”, “Gas them – ssssssssss”) which he now refers to, rather quaintly, as banter. The verb “trigger” is perhaps overused, but it’s the only word I can think of to describe the stomach-churning emotions I felt in that moment I laid eyes on him again on YouTube.Peter Ettedgui is a Bafta- and Emmy-winning director and producer. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Nigel Farage racism row deepens as his gushing Enoch Powell praise slammed

Nigel Farage has come under fire after resurfaced remarks showed he was 'dazzled' by 'Rivers of Blood' Tory Enoch Powell when he was a schoolboy at Dulwich College

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4 d. ago Reform UK surge reaches LONDON as poll shows Labour support diving amid Sadiq Khan backlash and fears capital will be hammered with 'mansion tax'

The latest Savanta survey found Nigel Farage's party were supported by 23 per cent of voters in London, up from 15 per cent in June.

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4 d. ago Nigel Farage says he was never racist 'with intent' when he was a schoolboy as Reform leader breaks silence on allegations about his behaviour

The Reform UK leader directly responded to a newspaper report about his behaviour while a teenage pupil at the £64,000-a-year Dulwich College in the 1970s.

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