"Lammy has clarified his remarks. He [Farage] has denied it and so I accept that he has denied it and I would like to clarify that position because in the end the prime minister is keen for us to focus on the policies not the individuals, Lammy said. For all that Labour claim they are focusing on policies not personalities, the party conference season spat suggests that Farage's character and his past are set to be front and centre of the country's political debate for the next few years."
"Speaking on BBC's Politics Live after Keir Starmer's Labour party conference speech, Lammy was asked whether he thought Farage was a racist. The deputy prime minister said that Starmer had been attacking Farage's policy on ending indefinite leave to remain which would make obtaining British citizenship the only route to permanent residence in the UK. People who now have such settled status would lose it under the Reform policy, and would have to follow the same new rules as new immigrants coming to Britain."
"It's not British. It doesn't respect our values. I'm not going to play the man. I'm playing the ball, as our leader did. I will leave it for the public to come to their own judgments about someone who once flirted with Hitler Youth when he was younger."
Deputy prime minister David Lammy claimed in a BBC interview that Nigel Farage once flirted with Hitler Youth when he was younger. Reform UK sources called the remark disgusting and libellous, and Farage denied the allegation. Lammy said he accepted Farage's denial and sought to clarify his position, emphasizing a focus on policies rather than individuals. Lammy criticized Farage's proposal to end indefinite leave to remain, saying it would force settled residents to apply for citizenship and would not respect British values. The allegation traces to reporting by Channel 4 News and a 2022 book by Michael Crick citing a former teacher's letter.
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