"Among those who have made allegations are Peter Ettedgui, a Bafta- and Emmy-winning director, who is Jewish, and who has said that a teenage Farage would sidle up to him and say Hitler was right and gas them, sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas chambers. The Guardian has spoken to eight school contemporaries who have corroborated Ettedgui's account. They count among about two dozen witnesses who recounted Farage's racist and antisemitic remarks while between the ages of 13 and 18."
"Asked by Emma Barnett on the BBC's Radio 4 Today programme whether he thought that saying Hitler was right to a Jewish person was direct racial abuse, Tice said: Yes I do I can't believe anybody would have said that, calling it made-up twaddle from people who don't want Nigel to be prime minister of the country."
Richard Tice, Reform UK's deputy leader, publicly accused a celebrated film director and about two dozen corroborating witnesses of fabricating allegations that Nigel Farage made racist and antisemitic remarks while at Dulwich College. Peter Ettedgui, a Bafta- and Emmy-winning Jewish director, alleges a teenage Farage said "Hitler was right" and simulated gassing; eight school contemporaries corroborated aspects of that account. Nigel Farage acknowledged he may have made banter that could be viewed differently today but denied directing racist or antisemitic comments at an individual. Tice described the testimonies as "made-up twaddle" and suggested political motives.
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