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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Daniel Boffey, Kiran Stacey in Johannesburg and Mark Blacklock

Starmer accuses ‘spineless’ Farage of failure to tackle racism in Reform party

Keir Starmer descends the steps of a plane in South Africa welcomed by people in military uniform
Keir Starmer told reporters on the way to the G20 summit in Johannesburg that Farage needed to explain the alleged past comments. Photograph: Leon Neal/PA

Nigel Farage has been accused of being “spineless” by the prime minister and a “coward” by Dulwich college contemporaries over his response to allegations of racism.

Keir Starmer said the Reform UK leader had “questions to answer” about alleged comments and chants as a teenager that include songs about the Holocaust, and accusations of bullying towards minority ethnic schoolboys.

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