Farage says he did not racially abuse fellow pupils 'with intent'

Nigel Farage has said he did not racially abuse fellow pupils “with intent” following allegations about his behaviour at secondary school.

More than a dozen of Farage’s contemporaries at Dulwich College, a public school in south London, have claimed that he used racist and antisemitic language as a teenager , targeting other children.

Representatives of the Reform UK leader have stridently denied the allegations, reported last week in The Guardian , but Farage had not publicly commented until this evening. New Feature

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At a Reform UK event in Wales where he made a speech, Farage was asked directly by ITV News whether he racially abused fellow pupils while at school.

He replied: “No, this is 49 years ago by the way, 49 years ago. H