Overview
- Former classmates told Sky News that Nigel Farage sang a song referencing Nazi gas chambers and targeted Jewish and non-white pupils at Dulwich College nearly 50 years ago.
- Sky News cites The Guardian’s recent investigation reporting that 28 former teachers and pupils have come forward with accounts of antisemitic or racist behavior.
- A group of Holocaust survivors publicly urged Farage to either acknowledge and apologise for the alleged remarks or accuse the witnesses of lying.
- Farage rejects the reports as politically motivated, says he has never directly racially abused anyone, and read out a letter from a Jewish contemporary describing the era as offensive banter without malice.
- Labour and the Liberal Democrats called on him to come clean, the Conservatives said he should apologise if the claims are true, Reform UK attacked Sky’s coverage, and analysts say voter support could be tested.