"He says he never engaged with racism with intent. With intent'. What does that mean? Didn't engage in racism with intent.' I have no doubt that if a young Jewish student was hissed at to mimic the sound of a gas chamber, they would find it upsetting. He may want to forget that. They won't. He clearly remembers some of what happened."
"Farage suggests that he has never directly abused anyone, or at least he did not do so with any intention to hurt. He has said that those who have claimed otherwise are not telling the truth. Well, he did directly target me and I can tell you that it did hurt. How did he think it would make me feel? How does he think those who were called Pakis or told to go home' felt?"
Keir Starmer urged Nigel Farage to apologise to former Dulwich College classmates who allege Farage racially abused them as a teenager. Peter Ettedgui said a 13-year-old Farage would sidle up, growl 'Hitler was right' or 'gas them' and mimic the sound of gas showers. Starmer called Farage's explanations unconvincing and challenged his claim that he 'never engaged with racism with intent'. Farage denied intending to inflict hurt and later said he categorically did not make the published claims aged 13. Seven people recall targeted abuse of Ettedgui, who said the abuse directly targeted and hurt him.
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