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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Daniel Boffey, Henry Dyer and Mark Blacklock

Nigel Farage responds to racism claims saying he never ‘tried to hurt anybody’

Nigel Farage lit up against a black background and holding up one hand
Nigel Farage: ‘I would never, ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way.’ Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Nigel Farage has broken his silence nearly a week after he was accused by about 20 people of racism and antisemitism as a teenager, by saying he “never directly, really tried to go and hurt anybody”.

His remarks came after the publication of a detailed investigation by the Guardian in which many of his school contemporaries claimed to be victims of, or witnesses to, repeated incidents of deeply offensive behaviour.

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