US EditionFarage Says He Thought Enoch Powell Was Right to Raise Scale of Community Change
Nigel Farage defended his historic views on community change and denied intentional racial abuse amid scrutiny of Reform UK after former leader Nathan Gill’s conviction.
- On Wednesday, Nigel Farage defended himself at a Westminster press conference, saying he thought Enoch Powell was right to talk about not having vast community change and insisted he would never have directly said or done such things.
- Last week, The Guardian reported that more than a dozen former school contemporaries recounted alleged deeply offensive behaviour from Nigel Farage's teenage years at Dulwich College, including Mr Ettedgui, a Jewish former schoolmate, who said Farage repeatedly told him `Hitler was right`.
- On Tuesday, Farage released a statement saying he did not say the things published in the Guardian nearly 50 years ago and suggested complaining peers held different political views, framing past conduct as playground banter.
- Following the Gill sentencing, Farage questioned how he could investigate Reform UK's conduct after Nathan Gill was jailed for 10-and-a-half years over pro-Russian statements in the European Parliament.
- With the Guardian report in the background, reactions have included Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer saying Farage's response was `unconvincing to say the least` and urging an apology, while Peter Ettedgui, former classmate, called Farage `fundamentally dishonest`.
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Farage slammed for saying Enoch Powell was right
In a new interview, Nigel Farage has said he thought Enoch Powell was right. Specifically, he said Powell was right about the common market. This hasn’t stopped critics from seizing on the comments, however: Nigel Farage uses his post-Budget press conference to say Enoch Powell was right. Why are we not even surprised anymore? pic.twitter.com/I4QbCY6UOO — Labour Press (@labourpress) November 26, 2025 The situation is a sign of two things: Find…
Farage says he thought Enoch Powell was right to raise scale of community change
The Reform UK leader also suggested people complaining about his behaviour at school had ‘different political views to me’. Nigel Farage said he had thought Enoch Powell was “right to talk about not having vast community change” as he defended himself amid allegations of racism in his youth. The Reform UK leader suggested former pupils complaining about his behaviour while attending a top public school had “different political views to me” but t…
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