"Peter Ettedgui, a former Jewish classmate of Farage's, told the BBC Farage had repeatedly said to him "Hitler was right" and "gas them" when they had been at Dulwich College together in the 1970s and early 1980s. The BBC has also spoken to two former pupils who backed up Mr Ettedgui's accounts. When previously asked about the comments, Farage has said:"
"He went on to accuse the BBC of "hypocrisy" saying: "At the time I was alleged to have made these remarks, one of your most popular weekly shows was the Black and White Minstrel Show. "The BBC was very happy to use blackface - not just in the Black and White Minstrels, they did it in It Ain't Half Hot Mum. "I cannot put up with the double standards of"
Nigel Farage accused the BBC of double standards after being asked about alleged racist and antisemitic remarks he is said to have made as a teenager. He described a Today programme interview as a "disgrace" and demanded apologies for 1970s TV shows such as It Ain't Half Hot Mum and The Black and White Minstrel Show, calling them homophobic and racist. A former Jewish classmate, Peter Ettedgui, alleged repeated comments including "Hitler was right" and "gas them" at Dulwich College, and two former pupils supported those accounts. Farage acknowledged past playground "banter" but denied directly racially abusing anyone.
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