Attorney General Demands Reform UK Leader to Say Sorry Over Reported Antisemitic and Racist Behaviour.

The UK's attorney general, Richard Hermer, has called on Nigel Farage to apologise to school contemporaries who allege he targeted with racist abuse them during their school days.

Hermer stated that Farage had "undoubtedly deeply hurt" many people, based on their descriptions of his past behaviour. He added that the politician's "shifting" statements had been unconvincing.

“Throughout his defensive responses to valid inquiries, not once has Farage genuinely condemned antisemitism,” Hermer informed a news outlet.

Further Testimonies Come to Light

A series of inquiries last month outlined the statements of more than a dozen one-time schoolmates of Farage from Dulwich College.

One, a former pupil, described that a teenage Farage "would sidle up to me and say: ‘The Nazi leader was correct’ or ‘gas them’, sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the Nazi gas chambers”.

Another minority ethnic pupil claimed that when he was about nine, he was singled out by a older Farage.

“He came over to a pupil flanked by two tall mates and spoke to anyone looking ‘other’,” the former student said. “That involved me on three separate times; questioning me where I was from, and pointing away, saying: ‘That’s the way back,’ to wherever you said you were from.”

Following the initial report, more people have emerged; approximately twenty people have now claimed they were either targets of or witnesses to deeply offensive conduct by Farage.

The behaviour they outlined relate to the period when Farage was aged a teenager.

Changing Stories

The political figure has rejected that anything he did was "blatantly" racist or antisemitic, and has claimed the former classmates were being untruthful.

Observers have noted that Farage has not managed to condemn antisemitism and other forms of racism outright in his denials.

They also cite his reluctance to sanction a fellow Reform MP, a MP, after she complained about the number of people of colour she saw in adverts. She later expressed regret for the statements.

“Nigel Farage’s constantly changing story about his behaviour to his peers [is] not credible, to say the least,” Hermer commented.

He went on to say: “Arguing that 20 people have all forgotten the same things about his nasty behaviour simply isn’t credible."

Demand for Accountability

“If he wishes to be seen as a legitimate candidate for high office, he urgently needs acknowledge the anxieties of the Jewish community, and apologise to the those he has clearly deeply hurt by his behaviour,” Hermer stated.

“Prejudice in all its forms is anathema to the standards of this country and we should not let it to ever become accepted in society.”

In a other comments, Rachel Reeves said Farage should “make a statement” if he wanted to look like a real leader.

“It speaks volumes how very little he has to say, and the guarded phrasing that both you and I would recognise as being drafted in a certain style to communicate, but also dodge the issue,” she noted.

Formal Denials and Subsequent Comments

In legal letters before the release of the report, Farage’s legal team asserted that “the allegation that Mr Farage ever engaged in, condoned, or led racist or antisemitic behaviour is completely refuted”.

Farage later appeared to change his stance in an appearance, stating: “Have I said things 50 years ago that you could see as being playground talk, you could interpret in a modern light today in some way? Possibly.”

He commented that he had “not ever purposely sought to go and upset anybody”. Farage later issued a fresh denial: “I can tell you definitely that I did not say the things that have been published as a 13-year-old, decades in the past.”