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Sir Keir Starmer said Nigel Farage needed to "explain" himself aft a paper published allegations that helium utilized antisemitic and racist connection erstwhile helium was astatine school.
The prime minister besides labelled the Reform UK person "spineless" for not taking enactment against 1 of his MPs for "obvious racism".
Mr Farage has repeatedly denied the claims against him, with a enactment spokesperson labelling them "clearly without foundation".
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A Reform UK root said the premier curate was "desperate, sinking successful the polls and lashing out".
The Guardian paper reported connected Tuesday accounts from contemporaries of Mr Farage erstwhile helium was astatine autarkic schoolhouse Dulwich College, alleging that helium made racist and antisemitic comments.
Speaking connected the level to the G20 acme successful South Africa, the premier curate said the Reform UK person needs to "explain the comments, oregon alleged comments that were made, and helium needs to bash that arsenic soon arsenic possible".
Sir Keir was besides asked astir Reform's Sarah Pochin MP saying past month that it "drives maine huffy erstwhile I spot adverts afloat of achromatic people, afloat of Asian people", which bash not "reflect our society" - comments she aboriginal apologised for.
But portion Mr Farage told reporters helium was "unhappy" astir the "ugly" remarks, helium said they were not "racist".
The premier curate labelled them "clearly racist", however, and deed retired straight astatine the Reform UK leader.
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He told reporters: "The antheral is spineless. If that had been idiosyncratic successful my party, I'd person dealt with it consecutive away.
"He needs to explicate the latest allegations, and whilst he's astatine it, helium needs to explicate wherefore he's excessively spineless to instrumentality enactment successful narration to what is evident racism successful the comments of his chap MP."
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Sir Keir added that Mr Farage has failed to amusement "some enactment erstwhile it comes to racism".
In a connection successful effect to the premier minister's comments, Mr Farage said: "For the weakest premier curate successful surviving representation to telephone maine spineless is utterly ludicrous.
"The voters volition person their accidental connected some of america astatine the ballot container adjacent May."
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