"There was something about bullying, and he was being referred to, quite specifically, as a bully. And I thought: Who is this boy?' Deakin conferred with colleagues in the staff room who corroborated accounts of harassment of fellow pupils and of Farage's apparent fascination with the far right, including claims that he had been goose-stepping on combined cadet force marches."
"But initially I had heard it from boys, she said. I was shocked to hear that this Dulwich boy was apparently getting away with this kind of behaviour, at cadet camp etc, and I thought: This is seriously out of order. It's horrible.' Despite the chatter in the playground and staffroom, Farage was put on a draft list of prefects by the headteacher, David Emms, and his deputy, Terry Walsh."
"There was a meeting where strong views were aired, though Emms and Walsh were of the opinion that Farage was naughty, rather than being a malevolent racist. So when I heard that Farage's name was on the finalised prefect list, I was appalled and that was why I wrote independently to Emms, because I felt strongly about it I still do, Deakin recalled."
In 1981 Nigel Farage, aged 17, attracted controversy among pupils and staff at Dulwich College for alleged bullying and apparent fascination with the far right. English teacher Chloe Deakin recalled hearing reports from pupils that Farage had harassed classmates and had been seen goose-stepping on combined cadet force marches. Deakin and colleagues corroborated accounts and she wrote to headteacher David Emms to protest Farage's inclusion on the prefect list. Emms and deputy Terry Walsh regarded Farage as mischievous rather than a malevolent racist, yet the school placed him on a draft list of prefects. A college magazine photograph appears to show Farage in the cadet force.
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