"I will leave it for the public to come to their own judgments about someone who once flirted with the Hitler Youth when he was younger,"
"he has denied it, and so I accept that he has denied it, and I would like to clarify that position."
David Lammy backpedalled on a claim that Nigel Farage once flirted with the Hitler Youth. The claim referenced allegations from 2013 that Farage sang Nazi songs as a schoolboy. Farage denied those allegations in 2013. The initial remark followed a BBC question on whether Farage was a racist on Tuesday evening, 30 September. Lammy later appeared on BBC News and said that Farage had denied the allegation, that he accepted that denial, and that he wished to clarify his position. The retraction removed the earlier implication that Farage had engaged with Nazi youth movements while younger. The clarification aimed to correct any impression created by the earlier remark.
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