"We had outright denial when the Guardian first published its investigation. As further witnesses came forward, we had excuses: it was banter, there wasn't any malice involved and any such abuse was never targeted at an individual. Now Reform's leader says that much, although seemingly not all, of what is being claimed from the now 34 alleged witnesses and victims about his behaviour is fantasy."
"The politician's response does not sit well with me. I know that Farage targeted his contemporaries at the school with abuse because of their ethnicity and nationality because I was there and I was one of them. I knew him throughout my time at Dulwich: sometimes we would be on the same train, when he would smoke the thinnest rollups you've ever seen in the compartments. I remember it so clearly because Farage was so different to what my friends and I were all about."
Multiple detailed accounts allege Nigel Farage engaged in racist and antisemitic abuse while a pupil at Dulwich College. Initial responses included outright denials and later excuses framing incidents as banter without malice or individual targeting. Farage's current position labels much of the testimony from thirty-four alleged witnesses and victims as fantasy and politically motivated. A former schoolmate states he personally endured abuse for being Swedish, recalls train journeys where Farage smoked thin rollups, and describes Farage's persona as negative, destructive and intolerant of anything non-British. The former pupil characterizes Farage as a bully who repeatedly taunted peers over skin colour, nationality and religion.
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