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Farage Must Explain Reports of Racist Comments, Says PM
More than a dozen former pupils allege Nigel Farage made racist and antisemitic remarks as a teenager, claims he denies while Reform UK leads in national opinion polls.
- At Prime Minister's Questions Sir Keir Starmer demanded Nigel Farage explain reports of racist comments, referencing Reform MP Lee Anderson sitting beside Farage while pressing for answers.
- The Guardian reported its story based on accounts from more than a dozen former Dulwich College pupils about Farage's conduct nearly 50 years ago.
- Peter Ettedgui told The Guardian Farage used phrases `Hitler was right` and `Gas them` at age 13–14, while unnamed pupils said he taught the racist song `Gas Em All` to younger Combined Cadet Force members.
- Mr Farage denies the claims, with his spokesman saying he has no plans to sue now but is keeping legal options open, while Reform UK called the allegations `entirely without foundation`.
- Similar allegations have been dredged up before as Reform UK leads polls by seven to eight points, though some Old Alleynians told The Guardian they do not recall racist behaviour.
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Several of his schoolmates accuse the populist and anti-immigration leader, in the lead in the polls, of having been openly racist and anti-Semitic when he was a teenager. ...
·Brussels, Belgium
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The leader of Reform UK, leading the polls for the next election, denies these accusations based on testimonies from former comrades.
·Paris, France
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The British right-wing populist already sees himself as the next prime minister. Now he is plagued with accusations from the past: he is said to have expressed himself anti-Semitic and racistally. But other members of his "Reform UK" party are also involved in scandals.
·Vienna, Austria
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Total News Sources14
Leaning Left6Leaning Right2Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution50% Left
Bias Distribution
- 50% of the sources lean Left
50% Left
L 50%
C 33%
R 17%
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