I’ll never forget the look of hatred Nigel Farage had for me at school, simply for existing

The Reform UK leader doubts people can recall their abuse from years ago. I’ve never forgotten his – it felt malicious • Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: ‘That’s the way back to Africa’

Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: ‘That’s the way back to Africa’

For someone who has waited so long – umming and erring, should I or shouldn’t I – about whether to speak out, it became abundantly clear on Thursday what I had to do. There was Nigel Farage holding a press conference on live television and responding to racism allegations from his teenage years by lambasting the BBC and ITV for giving airtime in the 1970s to the comedian Bernard Manning and the fictional character of Alf Garnett. As a Christian, I could not help but see it as the most amazingly disingenuous example of t