Holocaust survivors call on Farage to apologise for alleged racist abuse
A group of Holocaust survivors have called on Nigel Farage to apologise over allegations of racism and antisemitism during his school days.
The Reform UK leader has faced claims about his behaviour while he was a pupil at Dulwich College, a top private school in south London.
Mr Farage denied at a press conference on Thursday that he ever made racist remarks in a “malicious or nasty way”.
He has previously said of the claims that what could have been considered “banter in a playground” could be interpreted in “the modern light of day in some sort of way”.
The 11 signatories, some of whom have survived death camps, write that they “understand the danger of hateful words” and call on the Clacton MP to admit whether he said them or if he is accusing those who say he did of lying.
They write: “Let us be clear: praising Hitler, mocking gas chambers, or hurling racist abuse is not banter. Not in a playground. Not anywhere.”
They add that “honesty, reflection and commitment to truth” is the responsible response when it comes to allegations about “invoking Nazi attitudes” towards Jewish children.
“So we ask you: Did you say ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them’, mimicking gas chambers? Did you subject your classmates to antisemitic abuse?
“If you deny saying those words, are you saying that 20 former classmates and teachers are lying? If you did say them, now is the time to acknowledge you were wrong, and apologise.”
Mr Farage’s former classmate Peter Ettedgui is among those who have accused the politician of making racist remarks to him during their school days.
Mr Ettedgui, who is Jewish, has claimed that Mr Farage “repeatedly” approached him and said “Hitler was right”, while they were pupils at the school.
“Those who hope to lead our country should never divide people by race or religion. Antisemitic hatred must never be normalised.”
The Holocaust survivors who signed the letter include Hedi Argent, who fled Austria and lost 27 members of her family, and Simon Winston, who was held in a ghetto in the German-occupied Soviet Union.
Mr Farage on Thursday sought to suggest journalists from broadcasters asking questions about the allegations were displaying double standards, because their outlets had in the past aired programmes which would now be considered racist.
Meanwhile, Sir Keir Starmer has called the Reform UK leader a “toxic, divisive disgrace” over claims he made that one in three schoolchildren in Glasgow do not speak English as their first language and referring to this as the “cultural smashing of Glasgow”.
Scottish First Minister John Swinney said the comments were “simply racist”.
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Nige is laid bare and his followers will still vote for him. They are now what he is.
How is Pochin doing?
Meanwhile, farage as ever…
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/24/farage-urged-to-explain-conspiracy-theories-linked-to-antisemitism-he-voiced-in-us-media
Funny how he reform bigwigs in the past said no money from soros cos he is not british but someone living in Thailand is OK to lob them 9 million.
How is Ian Cooper doing? Still in a job?
Of course he should apologise and then resign.
Farage desperate push back this week in a spectacular piece of whataboutery
Forgetting The Black and White Minstrel Show was pulled from TV when Farage was 14 and Tile Death Us Do Part when he was11
Deemed inappropriate whilst NF was trotting out his racial slurs and “hissing”
This continued at UKIP when NF a fully fledged adult .
Meanwhile he couldn’t give a toss when he recruited Laura Anne Jones
Since suspended but under investigation for her racist slur .
“Give me a child until he is 7 and I will show you the foundations of the man”.
Pochin never lost the whip.
Imagine the Mail had Starmer said that.
Lock him up. Throw away the key. Keep a close eye on his supporters.
The current scrutiny of Farage is welcome, but it should have started decades ago when he was an attention-seeking rentaquote MEP.
Admitting that one is wrong and apologising takes dignity and respect for others. Reform and their supporters will never have either.
Farage is lying. How can he say he never directly insulted or abused fellow classmates when at Dulwich collage. Oh, so he “indirectly” insulted them. In other words, said it behind their backs. What total BS. His comments made and activities were written down by his English teacher in a letter & journal at the time and attitude towards fellow pupils known mentioned in a 2013 Ch4 documentary. So this isn’t a recent fabricated story spun by those against Nigel Farage or Reform UK. Another Farage distraction was his attack on BBC for showing the black and white minstrels show… Read more »
It’s very revealing that Nigel Farage doesn’t deny making racist remarks at school merely claiming that he never made them in a “malicious and nasty way”. Surely, he is/was not in any position to make such a claim – only their recipients could meaningfully conclude that. Moreover, his racist credentials have now extended to Glasgow claiming that because a third of schoolchildren there don’t speak English it amounts to the Cultural smashing of Glasgow (whatever that means). Was I partly responsible for culturally smashing Llanelli because I could speak only Welsh there until I was 10 years old?
First it was who can remember that far back. Then it was “not hurtful” then he fishes someone out to back him who according to earlier Farage comments should not be able to remember and tice is sent out to bat for him quite bad the Farage claims tice was held to account by a reporter that is Jewish and did a trump on her ability demeaning her.