"Have I said things 50 years ago that you could interpret as being banter in a playground, you could interpret in a modern light today in some sort of way? Yes."
"He's now in a position where he shouldn't be denying this. He's straight up lying."
"Being called a Paki isn't hurtful?"
More than 20 former pupils allege racist or antisemitic behaviour by Nigel Farage during school years, spanning ages 13 to 18 over six years. Seven people recall targeted abuse of Peter Ettedgui. Witnesses describe the conduct as targeted, persistent and nasty, including taunts aimed at pupils leaving a Jewish assembly. Stefan Benarroch, Cyrus Oshidar and Rickard Berg reject claims the conduct was mere banter, with Oshidar questioning whether slurs could be harmless. Farage broke his silence nearly a week after the allegations emerged, acknowledged possible youthful misspeaking but denied intent to inflict hurt and denied directly abusing anyone.
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