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claim Nigel Farage is a Racist bullies from school days A new poll shows his reputation among voters appears untarnished.
A survey by JL Partners independent Shows one in two voters view it negatively reform This compares to one-third who have a positive view.
However, this shows accusation against him Dating back to his career at Dulwich College His experience in London in the 1970s did not harm his overall reputation.
In fact, they said his approval ratings improved, albeit only by 1 percent. Four percent of voters (1 in 25) said that due to accusation. By comparison, 5% (one in 20) said it changed their opinion of him from negative to positive.
James Johnson of JL Partners compared the findings with earlier US polls in the wake of personal misconduct allegations against Mr Farage’s right-wing allies. Donald Trump.
Johnson said the US president’s approval ratings had risen slightly as most people had formed a “tough” view of him and supporters were “dismissive” of the accusations that they were “too political”. independent.
He added that Mr Farage might benefit from a similar phenomenon.
In the survey, people were asked whether Charges against Mr Farage Forty-seven percent said they already had a negative opinion of him, but that made no difference.
A total of 28% said the opposite: they already had a positive view and had not changed their mind.
Four per cent said their view of Mr Farage had changed from positive to negative; 5 per cent said the situation had changed from negative to positive. A total of 16% had no opinion.
More than 20 former students at Dulwich College have accused Mr Farage of holding “racist, anti-Semitic and fascist views” as a student.
Former Dulwich College teacher Chloe Deakin, who in 1981 tried to prevent Mr Farage from becoming a school prefect when he was 17 because of his “publicly professed racist and neo-fascist” views, this week spoke out in support of her actions.
After her protests were ignored, she left the school.
“Of course Farage directly abused students,” Ms Deacon said. “The only name I remember the boys mentioning to me was him.”
She said Mr Farage’s name came up during discussions with a group of 11 and 12-year-olds. “There was something about bullying and he was called very specifically Bully“.
Ms Deacon dismissed Mr Farage’s claims that his comments at the school were nothing more than a “joke”.
She said: “The word ‘banter’ usually carries the connotation of playful, teasing or humorous exchanges, but as reported by former students who suffered these attacks, there was no teasing, teasing or humor in Farage’s attacks and there was no reciprocal meaning.”
Mr Farage admitted the charges, which were first reported in The Guardianall in an attempt to “smear” him. He acknowledged that he “probably” said the wrong thing “when I was younger” but said he had never spoken in a “malicious or obnoxious way”.
He rejected calls for an apology and denied “directly” or “intending” to harm anyone.
Mr Farage has hit back, accusing broadcasters of double standards against him and insisting that programs broadcast by the BBC during his student days in the 1970s would now be considered racist.
Mr Johnson of JL Partners told independent:”attack Nigel FarageThings in the past don’t seem to sit well with voters. This is partly because views on Farage are already quite hardened on both counts. But it’s also possible that voters simply shrugged off the accusations from 50 years ago.
“As for people becoming more positive about him, it reminds me of similar controversies in the United States involving Donald Trump.
“These attempts actually slightly improved perceptions of Trump because voters thought it was an overly political move. Maybe something similar happened with Farage.”
JL Partners surveyed 1,562 adults on Dec. 13 and 14.