Nigel Farage Claims Racism Allegations Against Him Might Actually Be Boosting Reform

Nigel Farage has claimed that allegations of racism against him may actually be boosting support for Reform UK.

The party’s leader said the claims were “maybe solidifying our core support” because his supporters see them as an attack on him.

Farage has been accused of saying “Hitler was right” when he was a pupil at Dulwich College.

He is also alleged to have said “gas them” in reference to the Holocaust to at least one Jewish pupil.

Farage has denied the allegations, while pointing out that they are said to have happened 49 years ago.

At a press conference last month, he also accused the BBC of “double standards’ for broadcasting programmes like ‘The Black And White Minstrel Show’ in the 1970s.

According to The Times, he has now claimed that the allegations have had “zero effect” on his popularity, and added: “It’s maybe solidifying our core support.”

His analysis appears to have been borne out by polling which showed the racism allegations have had little impact on his personal popularity.

The research by JL Partners for The Independent showed that 4% of voters say they have turned against Farage as a result, while 5% say it has changed their opinion of him from negative to positive.