Nigel Farage has said he “categorically” did not racially abuse his fellow pupils at a top private school.

The Reform UK leader made his remarks in a statement released the day after an interview in which he left open the possibility that he may have made racist remarks without “intent”.

Reporting in the Guardian last week, based on allegations from more than a dozen school contemporaries of Mr Farage, 61, suggested the Reform leader engaged in alleged incidents of deeply offensive behaviour throughout his teenage years.

On Monday, Mr Farage was repeatedly asked by broadcasters whether he could rule out that he engaged in racial abuse.

“I would never, ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way,” he replied, later adding that if he had, it was “not with intent”.

The Reform leader then sa

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