Film-maker Peter Ettedgui responded to BBC interview in which Reform leader apologised for any hurt caused
Nigel Farage has been accused of making a “non-apology” by a school contemporary who accused him of racist and antisemitic behaviour, after saying he was “sorry” if he had “genuinely” hurt anyone.
For the first time since the row broke after a Guardian investigation, the Reform UK party leader appeared to indicate some remorse for the impact of his alleged behaviour while at Dulwich college, a private school in south London.
“I think there are two people who said they were hurt, and if they genuinely were, then that’s a pity, and I’m sorry,” Farage said in an interview with the BBC. “But never, ever did I intend to hurt anybody. Never have.”
The comments were made in an interview with the presenter Laura Kuenssberg for a documentary about the rise of his party, which is leading in the opinion polls. In a series of stories in recent months, the Guardian has reported the testimonies of 34 school contemporaries who say they witnessed or were subject to Farage’s alleged racist or antisemitic behaviour.
