1981 school letter reveals teachers called Nigel Farage 'racist' and 'fascist' at Dulwich College
Channel 4 News has uncovered a letter from 1981 written by a teacher at Dulwich College, Chloe Deakin, to the headmaster David Emms, expressing concerns about Nigel Farage's appointment as a prefect. The letter quotes teachers describing the young Farage as "racist" and "fascist" or "neo-fascist." The document reveals that some staff members at the prestigious private school held serious concerns about Farage's political leanings during his schooldays in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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Channel 4 News has uncovered strong evidence that teachers at Dulwich thought Nigel Farage was 'racist', and 'fascist' or 'neo-fascist'.
We have a long letter (below) written in June 1981 by a young English teacher, Chloe Deakin, begging the master of the college (head teacher), David Emms, to reconsider his decision to appoint Farage as a prefect.
Deakin did not know Farage personally but her letter includes an account of
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Channel 4 News obtains a letter about Ukip leader Nigel Farage, from his days as a schoolboy, in which teachers are quoted as accusing him of being "racist" and "fascist".
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