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A detailed account of Nigel Farage's alleged racist and neofascist behaviour while he attended Dulwich College appears in the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2025/nov/18/deeply-shocking-nigel-farage-faces-fresh-claims-of-racism-and-antisemitism-at-school Obviously for most the relevant question is if these allegations are true, then is Farage a suitable person for public office?

But for Dulwich local yokels (and tbh anyone that's already formed a firm opinion about Farage), the more interesting question might be whether Dulwich College incubated and tolerated pupils' racist and bigoted behaviour at the time? After all, the allegations include that NF and a number of other boys sang songs about gassing Jews and engaged in other bigoted behaviour, that teachers were either present or aware of that behaviour, and that nothing was done.

It's remarkable that pieces of the reporting abour 40 years ago mirror some of the allegations about Dulwich College's reaction to some pupils' alleged sexist and predatory behaviour 4 years ago. Minimisation, dismissal, wilful blindness...

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/i-warned-head-of-dulwich-college-about-abusive-boys-five-years-ago-xkxgjftk8

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/mar/26/dulwich-college-head-warns-pupils-over-culture-protest

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Dulwich College governance issues always remind me that many of us are helping subsidise the school via what we have to pay to the Dulwich Estate. The original Edward Alleyn will, which bequeathed the Dulwich farmland that forms the basis for the Estate, made for the provision of '12 poor scholars' - I'm not sure propping up a school serving the world's elite in its many guises was what he had in mind. 

1 hour ago, portioncontrol said:

The open letter is definitely worth reading to understand how the culture at DC has grown and continued to grow in this way. Article with open letter

Do give a link that's not on a paywall please

I got as far as the title:

Dulwich College turns boys into sexual abusers, former pupil claims

An open letter lists more than 100 cases of assault and harassment allegedly carried out against girls by ‘predators’ at the top private school

 

10 minutes ago, malumbu said:

Do give a link that's not on a paywall please

I got as far as the title:

Dulwich College turns boys into sexual abusers, former pupil claims

An open letter lists more than 100 cases of assault and harassment allegedly carried out against girls by ‘predators’ at the top private school

 

Paywall removed

https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/education/article/dulwich-college-turns-boys-into-sexual-abusers-former-pupil-claims-vv8s6nxpx

 

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