Farage says he never engaged in racism ‘with intent’ amid schoolboy allegations

Evening Standard

Nigel Farage has said he never engaged in racist behaviour “with intent” while he attended a top private school.The Reform UK leader directly responded to a newspaper report about his behaviour while at Dulwich College, south London, as a teenager.The Guardian’s report was based on allegations from more than a dozen school contemporaries of Mr Farage, 61, who recount alleged incidents of deeply offensive behaviour throughout his teenage years.

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00:00Did you racially abuse fellow pupils when you were at school?

00:15No, this is 49 years ago, by the way. 49 years ago.

00:19Have I ever tried to take it out on any individual on the basis of where they're from? No.

00:25At school, categorically on the record, you did not racially abuse fellow pupils.

00:30I would never, ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way.

00:33You're not quite, that's very, very caveated, you're not quite ruling this out.

00:38The question is, did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils in school?

00:41No, not with intent. You've caveated it in a hurtful way.

00:43Not with intent. Have I ever told...

00:45I don't understand what you mean by not with intent. What does that mean?

00:48You wouldn't do.

00:48But what does that mean?

00:49No.

00:50No what?

00:51No, I have never directly really tried to go and hurt anybody.

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