Nigel Farage denies schoolboy racism claims

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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage insists he never racially abused fellow pupils while he attended Dulwich College, saying “I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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

00:02No. This is 49 years ago, by the way.

00:0549 years ago.

00:07Have I ever tried to take it out on any individual

00:10on the basis of where they're from? No.

00:13At school, categorically on the record,

00:16you did not racially abuse fellow pupils?

00:18I would never, ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way.

00:21That's not quite the same as not doing it.

00:22It's 49 years ago. It's 49 years ago.

00:25What difference is the time?

00:26Isn't it... Well, I just entered my teens.

00:29Can I remember everything that happened at school?

00:31No, I can't.

00:32Have I ever been part of an extremist organisation

00:35or engaged in direct, unpleasant personal abuse,

00:39genuine abuse, on that basis? No.

00:42You're not quite... That's very, very caveated.

00:44You're not quite ruling this out.

00:46The question is, did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils in school?

00:50You've caveated it with a hurtful way.

00:52Not with intent.

00:52What do you mean, not with intent?

00:54I don't understand what you mean by not with intent.

00:55What does that mean?

00:56You wouldn't do.

00:57But what does that mean?

00:58No.

00:58No what?

01:00No.

01:00I have never directly really tried to go and hurt anybody.

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