Reform deputy leader dismisses claims of Farage’s past racism as new witnesses come forward

Reform UK’s deputy leader has described a celebrated film director and a large and growing group of corroborating witnesses as liars over their allegations of Nigel Farage’s teenage antisemitism and racism.

With the bigotry row continuing to dog Reform, whose lead in the national polls has slipped in recent weeks, Richard Tice turned on those who claimed to have been abused and those who say they saw it.

In an outspoken intervention, Tice described the testimony of about two dozen people who have spoken to the Guardian about Farage’s racism at Dulwich College as “made-up twaddle”.

Among those who have made allegations are Peter Ettedgui , a Bafta- and Emmy-winning director, who is Jewish, and who has said that a teenage Farage would sidle up to him and say “Hitler was right” and “ga