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The UK's top law officer, Richard Hermer, has urged Nigel Farage to issue an apology to school contemporaries who claim he targeted with racist abuse them during their years in education.

Hermer remarked that Farage had "clearly deeply hurt" many people, according to their descriptions of his actions as a youth. He added that the politician's "evolving" denials had been less than credible.

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

Further Testimonies Emerge

A series of inquiries last month documented the statements of more than a dozen former classmates of Farage from a private college.

One, a former pupil, said that a teenage Farage "would approach me and say: ‘Hitler was right’ or ‘send them to the gas chambers’, occasionally including a long hiss to mimic the sound of the gas showers”.

Another student of colour stated that when he was about nine, he was similarly targeted by a older Farage.

“He came over to a pupil flanked by two similarly tall mates and addressed anyone looking ‘other’,” the former student said. “That happened to me on three occasions; asking me where I was from, and motioning, saying: ‘That’s the way back,’ to any place you said you were from.”

After the story broke, additional individuals have come forward; approximately twenty people have now alleged they were either subject to or witnesses to hurtful actions by Farage.

The alleged events they outlined cover the period when Farage was aged a teenager.

Changing Stories

The political figure has rejected that anything he did was "directly" racist or antisemitic, and has claimed the accusers were being untruthful.

Observers have highlighted that Farage has not managed to condemn antisemitism and other forms of racism in a wider sense in his responses.

They also point to his reluctance to reprimand a fellow Reform MP, a MP, after she complained about the number of ethnic minorities she saw in television commercials. She later apologised for the statements.

“Nigel Farage’s evolving narrative about his behaviour to his peers [is] hard to believe, to say the least,” Hermer said.

He continued: “Arguing that 20 people have all recalled incorrectly the same things about his offensive behaviour simply isn’t credible."

Demand for Accountability

“If he wants to be seen as a serious contender for prime minister, he urgently needs acknowledge the fears of the Jewish community, and apologise to the those he has clearly deeply hurt by his behaviour,” Hermer concluded.

“Prejudice in all its forms is anathema to the principles of this country and we should not let it to ever become legitimised in public life.”

In a different discussion, Rachel Reeves said Farage should “say something” if he wanted to be considered a real leader.

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

Legal Letters and Later Statements

In legal letters before the release of the investigation, Farage’s representatives claimed that “the suggestion that Mr Farage ever was involved in, condoned, or led such conduct is categorically denied”.

Farage later seemingly shifted his stance in an discussion, saying: “Have I said things decades ago that you could see as being banter, you could interpret in a modern light today in some way? Possibly.”

He added that he had “not ever purposely sought to go and hurt anybody”. Farage subsequently issued a fresh denial: “I can tell you definitely that I did not say the things that have been reported as a 13-year-old, decades in the past.”