Farage ‘banter’ crisis spins out of control
The issue of whether Nigel Farage made racist and anti-Semitic remarks to fellow pupils while at Dulwich College in the 1970s has continued to be in the news, often provoked by a range of contradictory statements by Farage himself.
The crisis worsened for Farage on 5th December as the Guardian published a letter from Holocaust Survivors demanding Farage tell the truth about anti-Semitic comments when he was at Dulwich College
Later it also published details of instances of overt racism against a young black student at Dulwich College
Earlier on 4th December Richard Tice ‘deputy leader’ of Reform claimed on the Radio 4 Today programme that people who had claimed Farage had made remarks were ‘lying’. Tice is not someone to think before he speaks and at a later press conference Farage did not back up his remarks.
Farage however attacked the BBC and ITV who he noted had screened the Black and White Minstrel Show and Bernard Manning in the same era. A couple of points arise here. Firstly did Farage complain at the time? Secondly how many Reform supporters agree that the programmes were racist?
Farage also claimed he had been receiving letters from former Dulwich College students. One noted that he was ‘sometimes offensive’ but this did not amount to racism
To be continued, at least until Farage finally says sorry and Tice shuts up
Reading out the letter, he said: “While there was plenty of macho tongue-in-cheek schoolboy banter, it was humour, and yes, sometimes it was offensive… but never with malice.
Farage accuses BBC of double standards after racism allegations – BBC News
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