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The UK's top law officer, one of the most senior Jewish ministers, has called on the Reform UK leader to apologise to school contemporaries who allege he racially abused them during their school days.

Hermer stated that Farage had "undoubtedly deeply hurt" many people, judging by their accounts of his past behaviour. He commented that the politician's "shifting" statements had been difficult to believe.

“During his defensive responses to legitimate questions, not once has Farage genuinely condemned antisemitism,” Hermer informed a publication.

New Allegations Come to Light

A series of inquiries last month detailed the accounts of more than a dozen former classmates of Farage from Dulwich College.

One, a former pupil, described that a 13-year-old Farage "came up to me and utter: ‘The Nazi leader was correct’ or ‘send them to the gas chambers’, at times making a long hiss to mimic the sound of the Nazi gas chambers”.

Another minority ethnic pupil claimed that when he was roughly nine years old, he was singled out by a 17-year-old Farage.

“He approached a pupil accompanied by two similarly tall mates and targeted anyone looking ‘other’,” the individual said. “That involved me on three occasions; asking me where I was from, and pointing away, saying: ‘That’s the way back,’ to any place you answered you were from.”

Following the initial report, additional individuals have emerged; approximately twenty people have now claimed they were either subject to or saw hurtful conduct by Farage.

The behaviour they recounted relate to the period when Farage was aged between 13 and 18.

Evolving Explanations

The Reform leader has rejected that anything he did was "blatantly" racist or antisemitic, and has claimed the accusers were not telling the truth.

Commentators have pointed out that Farage has not managed to condemn antisemitism and other forms of racism outright in his denials.

They also reference his failure to discipline a colleague in his party, Sarah Pochin, after she expressed views about the number of ethnic minorities she saw in adverts. She later said sorry for the comments.

“Nigel Farage’s constantly changing story about his behaviour to his peers [is] unconvincing, to say the least,” Hermer stated.

He added: “Claiming that two dozen individuals have all misremembered the same things about his nasty behaviour simply isn’t credible."

Call for Leadership

“If he aspires to be seen as a serious contender for high office, he urgently needs address the concerns of the Jewish community, and say sorry to the numerous individuals he has obviously deeply hurt by his behaviour,” Hermer stated.

“Prejudice in all its forms is completely opposed to the principles of this country and we should not let it to ever become normalised in society.”

In a separate interview, a senior politician said Farage should “make a statement” if he wanted to look like a real leader.

“It is very telling how little he has to say, and the precisely drafted words that both you and I would identify as being drafted in a certain style to say something, but also dodge the issue,” she noted.

Formal Denials and Subsequent Comments

In legal letters prior to the release of the report, Farage’s representatives stated that “the suggestion that Mr Farage ever took part in, supported, or led racist or antisemitic behaviour is completely refuted”.

Farage later seemingly shifted his position in an discussion, remarking: “Have I said things 50 years ago that you could view as being teenage humour, you could interpret in a modern light today in a certain manner? Perhaps.”

He commented that he had “not ever purposely attempted to go and harm anybody”. Farage later issued a fresh denial: “I can tell you categorically that I did not say the things that have been published when I was 13, decades in the past.”