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People who were at school with the Reform UK leader Nigel Farage Claims that he displayed aggressive behavior as a boy, including giving Nazi Salute and use racial abuses.
Clacton MP, who could Could potentially be the next Prime Minister of Britainbecause his party is ahead opinion pollvehemently denies charges in Guardian That he used racist or anti-Semitic insults as a teenager.
He suggested that the paper was attempting to tarnish the reform.
A former contemporary from Dulwich College in south London told Guardian He felt insulted by anti-Semitic words from Mr Farage, 13, who also reportedly urged pupils of foreign heritage to “go home”.
Peter Ettedegui, now an award-winning director and producer, told the newspaper: “He would come up to me and growl: ‘Hitler was right,’ or ‘give them gas,’ sometimes adding a long whisper to simulate the sound of gas splashes.’
He added, “I wasn’t his only target. I overheard him calling other students ‘p***’ or ‘w**’ and urging them to ‘go home’. I tried to ignore it, but it was humiliating. It was embarrassing.”
Mr Ettedegui said Mr Faraz could suddenly become “charming”, adding: “I would like to know why he never showed ownership or the slightest remorse.”
A second student from a minority ethnic background claimed that, when Mr Faraz was 17, he asked where the student was from and he pointed into the distance and said: “That’s the way.”
Another Jewish alumnus, Professor Dave Edmonds, 61, said Guardian He had a fond memory of Mr Faraz, who said “we now use the w-word for people of African-Caribbean descent and the p-word for people of South Asian descent”.
He added: “I don’t remember ever encountering anti-Semitic comments, although he did make derogatory comments about the war. I don’t think Jews were his main racial concern. He was generally concerned with the erosion of Britishness, as it is now.”
But some students said Guardian Only that he was defiant, rude, provocative and enjoyed being the center of attention, he insisted that he did not remember him using racist language.
There is no evidence that Mr Faraz has ever been a member of far-right organisations, nor is there any suggestion that he held the same views as they did as a boy.
in legal papers to GuardianHe questioned the public interest in reporting historical allegations.
A Reform UK spokesperson said: “These allegations are completely baseless. Guardian No contemporaneous records or corroborating evidence has been presented to support these disputed recollections from nearly 50 years ago.
“It is no coincidence that this newspaper seeks to discredit Reform UK, a party that has consistently led more than 150 opinion poll And whose leader is now the next favorite with the bookmakers Prime Minister,
“We fully expect that as we approach the next elections, these malicious efforts to tarnish the reforms and mislead the public will intensify.”