Overview
- At a London press conference, Nigel Farage refused a BBC question and demanded an apology for the broadcaster’s 1970s–80s output, citing shows such as The Black and White Minstrel Show, Are You Being Served? and It Ain’t Half Hot Mum, and references to Bernard Manning.
- He said he had never said anything racist with malice and read a letter he said was from a Jewish former Dulwich pupil who claimed he never heard Farage racially abuse anyone.
- Farage declined to call his accusers liars, even as Reform deputy Richard Tice labeled the accounts “made-up twaddle” in a BBC interview and said those coming forward had a political motive.
- Central accuser Peter Ettedgui alleges Farage told him “Hitler was right” and “gas them,” with eight contemporaries corroborating aspects of his account and around two dozen witnesses described across recent investigations.
- Political opponents condemned Farage’s and Tice’s responses, and YouGov polling reported Reform falling to 25% from 29% in mid-September.