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The United Kingdom's top law officer, Richard Hermer, has urged the Reform UK leader to issue an apology to former schoolmates who assert he targeted with racist abuse them during their school days.

Hermer remarked that Farage had "clearly deeply hurt" many people, judging by their testimonies of his alleged conduct. He noted that the politician's "constantly changing" statements had been difficult to believe.

“Throughout his answers to valid inquiries, not once has Farage actually condemned antisemitism,” Hermer informed a publication.

New Allegations Come to Light

A series of inquiries last month outlined the accounts of several ex-pupils of Farage from a private college.

One, a former pupil, recalled that a teenage Farage "would approach me and utter: ‘Hitler was right’ or ‘send them to the gas chambers’, at times making a long hiss to mimic the sound of the gas showers”.

Another student of colour alleged 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 targeted anyone looking ‘unusual’,” the individual said. “That involved me on three separate times; inquiring where I was from, and motioning, saying: ‘That’s the way back,’ to wherever you said you were from.”

Since then, additional individuals have emerged; about 20 people have now alleged they were either subject to or observed deeply offensive conduct by Farage.

The incidents they recounted cover the period when Farage was aged 13 to 18.

Denials and Shifting Positions

The Reform leader has denied that anything he did was "explicitly" racist or antisemitic, and has asserted the former classmates were misremembering.

Critics have pointed out that Farage has failed to condemn antisemitism and other forms of racism outright in his statements.

They also cite his reluctance to discipline a fellow Reform MP, a MP, after she made remarks about the number of people of colour she saw in television commercials. She later expressed regret for the statements.

“His constantly changing story about his behaviour to his Jewish classmates [is] unconvincing, to say the least,” Hermer commented.

He added: “Suggesting that 20 people have somehow recalled incorrectly the same things about his hurtful behaviour simply is not believable."

Question of Character

“If he aspires to be seen as a credible figure for high office, he urgently needs acknowledge the fears of the Jewish community, and say sorry to the many people he has obviously deeply hurt by his behaviour,” Hermer stated.

“Prejudice in all its forms is abhorrent to the values of this country and we must not permit it to ever become legitimised in politics.”

In a separate interview, a senior politician said Farage should “say something” if he wanted to be considered a true statesman.

“It says a lot how little he has to say, and the precisely drafted words that both you and I would recognise as being crafted in a certain style to say something, but also dodge the issue,” she remarked.

Legal Letters and Later Statements

In lawyers' communications prior to the publication of the investigation, Farage’s lawyers asserted that “the suggestion that Mr Farage ever engaged in, approved of, or led this behaviour is categorically denied”.

Farage later altered his stance in an discussion, saying: “Have I said things decades ago that you could interpret as being playground talk, you could interpret in a modern light today in a certain manner? Perhaps.”

He said that he had “never directly really tried to go and upset anybody”. Farage later released a further comment: “I can tell you definitely that I did not say the things that have been reported aged 13, nearly 50 years ago.”