Nigel Farage Insists Racism Allegations Against Him Will 'Go Away'

Nigel Farage has insisted the racism and antisemitism allegations against him will “go away” if he ever gets into No.10.

The Reform UK leader has been accused of referring to the Holocaust by saying “Hitler was right” and “gas them” to at least one Jewish pupil when he was studying at Dulwich College.

Farage has denied the allegations and repeatedly pointed out they occurred around 49 years ago.

The Guardian first reported on the fresh claims against the politician in November – but, on Times Radio on Wednesday, the MP for Clacton insisted the claims will “go away” in time.

“Once one person says something, you’ve got safety in numbers, you can say what you like. I deny it,” he began.

When Times Radio host Hugo Rifkind said there had been criticism from within the Jewish community that Farage had not taken the allegations seriously, the Reform UK leader said: “I don’t take lies seriously. No, I never have.”

He claimed he has been more scrutinised than anyone else in mainstream politics, and that he does not believe anything said by other party leaders said “nearly half a century ago” would come under this level of scrutiny.

Rifkind said: “You can either deny it or you can say it doesn’t matter because it was so long ago.

“The point is, these aren’t going to go away if and when you are prime minister –”

“Oh, they will go away,” Farage cut in. “Because they’re not true. they can’t be proved. And we’ve got more important things to talk about that what people did aged 13.”

Farage was also asked by ITV News today if he would apologise to those who have reported the allegations.

He said: “I don’t apologise for things that are completely made up fantasies. Some of what I heard was just absolute nonsense by people with – if you looked – absolutely obvious political motivations.”

Reform have led onto their steady lead in the opinion polls even after the Guardian’s story broke.

Farage even claimed last week that the claims against him could be boosting his party by “solidifying our core support”.