Attorney General Demands Nigel Farage to Apologise Over Alleged Antisemitic and Racist Behaviour.

The United Kingdom's top law officer, Richard Hermer, has urged Nigel Farage to issue an apology to former schoolmates who claim he targeted with racist abuse them during their time at school.

Hermer stated that Farage had "obviously deeply hurt" many people, according to their accounts of his past behaviour. He noted that the leader's "constantly changing" statements had been less than credible.

“During his replies to valid inquiries, not once has Farage genuinely condemned antisemitism,” Hermer told a publication.

Further Testimonies Surface

A series of inquiries last month documented the statements of several former classmates of Farage from Dulwich College.

One, Peter Ettedgui, said that a 13-year-old Farage "would sidle up to me and say: ‘The Nazi leader was correct’ or ‘gas them’, sometimes adding a long hiss to imitate the sound of the Nazi gas chambers”.

Another pupil from an ethnic minority stated that when he was roughly nine years old, he was subjected to similar treatment by a 17-year-old Farage.

“He came over to a pupil accompanied by two tall mates and addressed anyone looking ‘other’,” the person said. “That involved me on three occasions; inquiring where I was from, and motioning, saying: ‘Go back that way,’ to wherever you answered you were from.”

After the story broke, more people have come forward; around two dozen people have now claimed they were either targets of or witnesses to hurtful past behaviour by Farage.

The alleged events they described cover the period when Farage was aged 13 to 18.

Denials and Shifting Positions

The political figure has denied that anything he did was "directly" racist or antisemitic, and has claimed the accusers were being untruthful.

Commentators have pointed out that Farage has not managed to condemn antisemitism and other forms of racism more broadly in his statements.

They also cite his inability to reprimand a party member, a MP, after she expressed views about the number of ethnic minorities she saw in adverts. She later apologised for the comments.

“Nigel Farage’s evolving narrative about his behaviour to his Jewish classmates [is] hard to believe, to say the least,” Hermer stated.

He continued: “Arguing that two dozen individuals have somehow recalled incorrectly the same things about his hurtful behaviour simply is not believable."

Demand for Accountability

“If he wants to be seen as a credible figure for prime minister, he has to address the fears of the Jewish community, and say sorry to the those he has obviously deeply hurt by his behaviour,” Hermer said.

“Bigotry in all its forms is abhorrent to the standards of this country and we cannot allow it to ever become legitimised in public life.”

In a different discussion, the Chancellor said Farage should “make a statement” if he wanted to be considered a genuine leader.

“It speaks volumes how little he has to say, and the very careful language that both you and I would recognise as being crafted in a specific manner to say something, but also avoid saying certain things,” she remarked.

Formal Denials and Subsequent Comments

In legal letters before the release of the investigation, Farage’s legal team asserted that “the allegation that Mr Farage ever engaged in, approved of, or led racist or antisemitic behaviour is categorically denied”.

Farage later seemingly shifted his position in an appearance, remarking: “Have I said things as a youth that you could see as being banter, you could interpret in a contemporary context today in some way? Perhaps.”

He added that he had “not once intentionally sought to go and harm anybody”. Farage later released a fresh denial: “I can tell you categorically that I did not say the things that have been published as a 13-year-old, decades in the past.”