David Lammy tells of ‘traumatic’ racial abuse in youth after Farage allegations
Deputy PM contrasts apologies from former classmates to Reform UK leader’s response to claims against himDavid Lammy has spoken of his own “traumatic” experience of being racially abused at school as he called on Nigel Farage to apologise for comments he allegedly made while a teenager.Lammy,...
<p>Deputy PM contrasts apologies from former classmates to Reform UK leader’s response to claims against him</p><p>David Lammy has spoken of his own “traumatic” experience of being racially abused at school as he called on Nigel Farage to apologise for comments he allegedly made while a teenager.</p><p>Lammy, the deputy prime minister and justice secretary, said the testimony of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/22/nigel-farage-racist-past-who-is-telling-truth-schooldays">more than 20</a> of the Reform leader’s school contemporaries of his racist and antisemitic behaviour was “deeply troubling”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/02/david-lammy-traumatic-racial-abuse-nigel-farage-allegations">Continue reading...</a>
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