Overview
- In a televised exchange, the Reform UK leader said he did not racially abuse pupils, adding he would never do so "in a hurtful or insulting way" and "not with intent."
- He said disputed comments from nearly five decades ago were "banter in a playground" and argued he cannot recall everything from his early teens.
- The Guardian has reported testimony from roughly 20 Dulwich College contemporaries alleging slurs, pro-Hitler remarks, a "Gas 'em" song, Nazi salutes and targeting minority pupils.
- Farage's team and Reform UK's barrister rejected the allegations as wholly untrue, cited a lack of contemporaneous evidence, and indicated legal action remains an option.
- Politicians and Jewish community groups urged him to explain prior use of "globalist" tropes on US shows including Alex Jones's, with critics calling for explicit repudiations.