Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform UK and MP for Clacton, has faced1 significant, widespread allegations of racism and antisemitism, particularly following a series of reports in late 2025 and early 2026 detailing his behavior as a teenager at Dulwich College in the late 1970s and early 1980s
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Key Allegations and Evidence
- School Days (Late 1970s/Early 1980s): More than 30 former classmates and teachers at Dulwich College have alleged that a teenage Farage engaged in racist and antisemitic behavior, including singing "Hitler Youth songs," shouting "gas 'em all" in reference to Jewish people, and targeting minority ethnic pupils with racial slurs.
- Witness Accounts: Peers, including BAFTA-winning director Peter Ettedgui, have claimed Farage would "sidle up" to them to make anti-semitic remarks like "Hitler was right" and "gas them". Another former pupil claimed Farage, when a prefect, put an Asian student in detention for no reason other than their race.
- Teacher Reports: A 1981 letter from a teacher at the school described Farage as a "publicly professed racist" with "neo-fascist views," at the time he was being appointed a prefect.
- Recent Controversies: In 2025, Farage was accused of using racist language in a video where he referred to high numbers of children in Glasgow speaking English as a second language as a "cultural smashing" of the city, comments that Scottish First Minister John Swinney described as "simply racist".
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