Overview
- Multiple named former Dulwich College pupils told The Guardian that Nigel Farage made pro-Hitler remarks, performed Nazi salutes, used racial slurs and joked about gas chambers as a teenager.
- A Reform UK spokesperson rejected the accounts as entirely without foundation, arguing there is no contemporaneous record to corroborate disputed recollections from nearly 50 years ago.
- Lord Walney, the government’s former adviser on political extremism, said the testimonies appear credible and described Farage’s wholesale denial as troubling.
- Some contemporaries reported they did not recall racist behaviour, and separate reporting notes there is no evidence Farage joined far-right organisations or that he holds such views as an adult.
- Political figures and campaigners, including Labour chair Anna Turley and Hope Not Hate, urged Farage to explain the allegations, with Liberal Democrats offering sharp criticism of his record.