Overview
- Speaking en route to the G20 in Johannesburg, Keir Starmer pressed Nigel Farage to explain reports that he used racist and antisemitic language at school.
- The Guardian reported accounts from former Dulwich College contemporaries, including claims of Holocaust‑related taunts and chants, with film director Peter Ettedgui alleging repeated abuse.
- Farage and Reform UK categorically rejected the allegations as unfounded, cited a lack of contemporaneous evidence, and threatened legal action.
- Starmer also attacked Farage’s handling of Reform MP Sarah Pochin’s remarks about Black and Asian people in TV adverts; Pochin apologised for her wording.
- Linking leadership to national security standards, Starmer urged an inquiry into possible pro‑Russian links in Reform after ex‑Welsh leader Nathan Gill received a 10‑year sentence for taking pro‑Russia bribes.