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Fresh School Racism Allegations Revive Scrutiny of Nigel Farage’s Politics

Renewed testimony from former classmates refocuses attention on his long use of immigration to define Reform UK.

Overview

  • New reporting reiterates contemporaries’ accounts from Michael Crick’s 2022 biography alleging racist and antisemitic behavior by Farage at Dulwich College.
  • Witnesses describe slurs, chants with lines like “gas ’em all,” and actions targeting non‑white pupils, though some classmates framed it as contrarian provocation.
  • Farage has issued a strong denial, writing to the Guardian that he did not say anything racist or antisemitic as a teenager.
  • His public record includes a 2014 remark about Romanians and crime and the 2016 Brexit campaign’s ‘Breaking Point’ poster, which Boris Johnson condemned.
  • After Brexit, his movement rebranded as Reform UK with a focus on migration and small boats, even as he says the party has no place for racist views.