Ex-Pupils At Nigel Farage’s School Reject Claims That Racial Abuse Was Just ‘Banter’

ByMF Jones

The other day, Nigel Farage addressed claims from his old schoolmates at Dulwich College that he was racially abusive as a teenager, and basically tried to play it off as schoolyard banter that would only be deemed racist through the “woke” lens of the modern era.

Here’s a clip from Farage’s interview with ITV News in case you missed it:

The Reform UK leader’s old schoolmates are not having it, and have rubbished suggestions that it was “banter”, describing his abuse as targeted, persistent and vicious.

One former pupil, Stefan Benarroch, claimed that pupils emerging from a Jewish assembly at Dulwich college were routinely targeted by Farage and his mates, and a second, Cyrus Oshidar, said Farage’s claim that he never acted with intent to hurt is “rubbish”.

Oshidar told The Guardian: “Being called a P@ki isn’t hurtful? He’s now in a position where he shouldn’t be denying this. He’s straight up lying.”

The Guardian has interviewed more than 20 people who alleged racist behaviour by Farage at Dulwich College, including seven people who say they recall the targeted abuse of Peter Ettedgui, who is now an Emmy- and Bafta-winning director.

Writing for the Guardian, Ettedgui, who alleges that 13-year-old Farage would say “Hitler was right” or “gas them” to him, claimed: “Well, he did directly target me and I can tell you that it did hurt. How did he think it would make me feel? How does he think those who were called P@kis or told to ‘go home’ felt?”

Benarroch, who is Jewish,  recalled the abuse that Ettedgui allegedly used to receive.

“He was such a gentle soul and Farage – Farage made his life a f—ing nightmare.”

“They could only identify us, because we had to go to this stupid Jewish service in the science labs school. I mean, none of us were remotely religious. They would hang out there. Farage would hang out with his minions. And then they would taunt us as we would leave.”

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Another ex-classmate, Richard Berg, told the outlet: “He definitely had a go at Peter and there were a couple of others he would also have a go at. Me being foreign, because I’m Swedish, he sort of made the point that I was foreign, but didn’t have a go at me, because for a start, I stood up to him. The other guys didn’t. Peter Ettedgui never reacted to him. Farage was a bully, typical, picked on the soft guys who wouldn’t stand up, rise to the bait. That’s the way he worked.

“He was nasty, there was no question. [The song] Gas ’em all, I heard him singing it to Ettedgui. I didn’t get it at the time, because Peter didn’t react. Back in the day, you thought it was for him to react.”

Well, if 20+ people say you were racist at school, then I guess there’s probably some truth to it. In fairness, Farage did not categorically deny that he was racially abusive at school during his interview with ITV, but he tried to frame it as a sort of innocent schoolboy racism that no one needs to worry about. Well, perhaps unless said schoolboy goes on to become the leader of a “far right” political party that focuses mainly on immigration policy.

It’s too bad that the other options at the 2029 General Election are so dire, because Farage appears to be the frontrunner despite all this stuff coming out about him (which doesn’t exactly come as a shock to anyone, anyway). Still, a lot can happen between now and then.

For the recent clip in which Farage was accused of using ‘condescending language’ to female journalist Mishal Husein, click HERE.

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