Rajesh Thind
@rajeshthind.bsky.social
Filmmaker, writer, gospel choir-boy etc.
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Agent: www.sternwild.com/film-makers/rajesh-thind
Links: https://linktr.ee/rajeshthind
Agent: www.sternwild.com/film-makers/rajesh-thind
“[W]hen I hear Farage talking about rounding up & deporting hundreds of thousands of human beings, & threatening those with leave to remain or settled status, I cannot help but think of the schoolboy sidling up to me & telling me that “Hitler was right”.
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Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui
Now that my former classmate has finally spoken about the allegations of his behaviour at school, I feel compelled to address his points directly, says Peter Ettedgui, a film director and producer
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November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
“[W]hen I hear Farage talking about rounding up & deporting hundreds of thousands of human beings, & threatening those with leave to remain or settled status, I cannot help but think of the schoolboy sidling up to me & telling me that “Hitler was right”.
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And we all know what Reform say in private because occasionally it comes out in public. Not hard to find examples.
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
And we all know what Reform say in private because occasionally it comes out in public. Not hard to find examples.
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2014 - Farage then said he may have made comments that he did not know were racist at the time. "You can define namecalling in all sorts of different ways", he said. Asked if he had used a racist term to confront a fellow boy, he said "I don't know, I don't remember. It's not relevant, is it?"
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
2014 - Farage then said he may have made comments that he did not know were racist at the time. "You can define namecalling in all sorts of different ways", he said. Asked if he had used a racist term to confront a fellow boy, he said "I don't know, I don't remember. It's not relevant, is it?"
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BBC World at One reporting on our investigation into Farage's schooldays, with one of the contemporaries who has spoken to us, Andy Field, speaking on the programme. It also features an excerpt from a 2014 interview with Farage on BBC Kent, which is a new bit for the timeline of his positions.
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
BBC World at One reporting on our investigation into Farage's schooldays, with one of the contemporaries who has spoken to us, Andy Field, speaking on the programme. It also features an excerpt from a 2014 interview with Farage on BBC Kent, which is a new bit for the timeline of his positions.
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Was an excellent interview! Highly recommend ppl listen. Recalled that #Farage was ‘very strange’, a ‘loner type’, ‘bit of a pariah because of his extreme racist views’, ‘celebrated his initials being NF’, ‘a nasty piece of work’ and a ‘complete liar’ who used to goose step around the playground 😖
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Was an excellent interview! Highly recommend ppl listen. Recalled that #Farage was ‘very strange’, a ‘loner type’, ‘bit of a pariah because of his extreme racist views’, ‘celebrated his initials being NF’, ‘a nasty piece of work’ and a ‘complete liar’ who used to goose step around the playground 😖
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All the supposedly progressive people saying 'Nigel Farage's racism doesn't matter. His fans love it'.
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
All the supposedly progressive people saying 'Nigel Farage's racism doesn't matter. His fans love it'.
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
‘Former classmates alleged that Nigel Farage made pro-HitIer comments, joked about gas chambers, and put someone in detention for the colour of their skin’
- @dailymirror
- @dailymirror
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 AM
‘Former classmates alleged that Nigel Farage made pro-HitIer comments, joked about gas chambers, and put someone in detention for the colour of their skin’
- @dailymirror
- @dailymirror
‘“Farage used to say things like ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas em’, you know, that sort of thing.”’
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‘“‘Gas em all, gas em all, into the chambers they crawl. We’ll gas all the paks, & we’ll gas all the yids, & we’ll gas all the coons and all their fucking kids.’”’
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‘“‘Gas em all, gas em all, into the chambers they crawl. We’ll gas all the paks, & we’ll gas all the yids, & we’ll gas all the coons and all their fucking kids.’”’
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Twenty people allege he has a racist past. He denies it. Who’s telling the truth about Farage’s schooldays?
Reform UK’s leader refuses to answer questions about his abusive behaviour, claiming there’s ‘no evidence’. We talk to victims and witnesses
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November 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
‘“Farage used to say things like ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas em’, you know, that sort of thing.”’
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‘“‘Gas em all, gas em all, into the chambers they crawl. We’ll gas all the paks, & we’ll gas all the yids, & we’ll gas all the coons and all their fucking kids.’”’
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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‘“‘Gas em all, gas em all, into the chambers they crawl. We’ll gas all the paks, & we’ll gas all the yids, & we’ll gas all the coons and all their fucking kids.’”’
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nick Robinson and Michael Crick on BBC R4 Today blithely absolving Farage of racism just because Nigel learnt to stop hissing death camp gas sounds into his targets’ ears (and instead started doing his racism in political code) is giving me indigestion at 9am.
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Nick Robinson and Michael Crick on BBC R4 Today blithely absolving Farage of racism just because Nigel learnt to stop hissing death camp gas sounds into his targets’ ears (and instead started doing his racism in political code) is giving me indigestion at 9am.
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There's a large bang of "We are right-on white saviours for you people, how dare you criticise us, know your place" about the whole shameful affair.
Not sure you need a 6 or 7 part podcast to ascertain that.
The endless handwringing about it is tedious.
Not sure you need a 6 or 7 part podcast to ascertain that.
The endless handwringing about it is tedious.
November 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
There's a large bang of "We are right-on white saviours for you people, how dare you criticise us, know your place" about the whole shameful affair.
Not sure you need a 6 or 7 part podcast to ascertain that.
The endless handwringing about it is tedious.
Not sure you need a 6 or 7 part podcast to ascertain that.
The endless handwringing about it is tedious.
Astute summary.
There is no mystery here.
Social media gave a voice to people of colour to criticise white people's descriptions of them in literature, and the establishment tried to bully the critics into silence, and make them sorry for speaking up, so they can continue to write what they damn well like.
Social media gave a voice to people of colour to criticise white people's descriptions of them in literature, and the establishment tried to bully the critics into silence, and make them sorry for speaking up, so they can continue to write what they damn well like.
November 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Astute summary.
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It shows that the criticial Goodreads review had gone largely unnoticed, that many couldn't stomach the book privately, but didn't feel able to speak up (how right they were), until Clanchy poured petrol on the review, set it alight for everyone to see, and then blamed everyone else for the fire.
November 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
It shows that the criticial Goodreads review had gone largely unnoticed, that many couldn't stomach the book privately, but didn't feel able to speak up (how right they were), until Clanchy poured petrol on the review, set it alight for everyone to see, and then blamed everyone else for the fire.
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I listened to the first 3 episodes of BBC's "Anatomy of a Cancellation," and I don't know how the interviewer didn't laugh at Kate Clanchy when she said that "slanty eyes" wasn't in her book, it was "slantED, sparking, black eyes," so that was okay.
The podcast completely vindicates the criticisms.
The podcast completely vindicates the criticisms.
November 9, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I listened to the first 3 episodes of BBC's "Anatomy of a Cancellation," and I don't know how the interviewer didn't laugh at Kate Clanchy when she said that "slanty eyes" wasn't in her book, it was "slantED, sparking, black eyes," so that was okay.
The podcast completely vindicates the criticisms.
The podcast completely vindicates the criticisms.
Now it’s called ’cancel culture’ and it’s everybody else’s fault, just never your own.
We used to call it a PR disaster and the onus was very much on them.
November 22, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Now it’s called ’cancel culture’ and it’s everybody else’s fault, just never your own.
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It’s time to stop claiming people are ‘cancelled’ on.ft.com/4r6sBEy | opinion
It’s time to stop claiming people are ‘cancelled’
The phrase is permission not to think too closely
on.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:35 AM
It’s time to stop claiming people are ‘cancelled’ on.ft.com/4r6sBEy | opinion
Great piece, so true.
‘The true definition of cancellation would be to disappear, left to exist only as an image in people’s minds. But that doesn’t often happen. TV interviews, podcasts, profiles and editorials can follow: “I Was Cancelled” or “Cancel Culture Ruined My Life”’.
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‘The true definition of cancellation would be to disappear, left to exist only as an image in people’s minds. But that doesn’t often happen. TV interviews, podcasts, profiles and editorials can follow: “I Was Cancelled” or “Cancel Culture Ruined My Life”’.
on.ft.com/3XPPMFD
It’s time to stop claiming people are ‘cancelled’
The phrase is permission not to think too closely
on.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Great piece, so true.
‘The true definition of cancellation would be to disappear, left to exist only as an image in people’s minds. But that doesn’t often happen. TV interviews, podcasts, profiles and editorials can follow: “I Was Cancelled” or “Cancel Culture Ruined My Life”’.
on.ft.com/3XPPMFD
‘The true definition of cancellation would be to disappear, left to exist only as an image in people’s minds. But that doesn’t often happen. TV interviews, podcasts, profiles and editorials can follow: “I Was Cancelled” or “Cancel Culture Ruined My Life”’.
on.ft.com/3XPPMFD
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Macclesfield Central (Cheshire East) Council By-Election Result:
🌍 GRN: 41.8% (+19.7)
🌹 LAB: 28.6% (-25.7)
➡️ RFM: 15.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 9.1% (-4.5)
⚖️ EQU: 2.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 2.2% (-7.7)
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
🌍 GRN: 41.8% (+19.7)
🌹 LAB: 28.6% (-25.7)
➡️ RFM: 15.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 9.1% (-4.5)
⚖️ EQU: 2.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 2.2% (-7.7)
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
November 20, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Macclesfield Central (Cheshire East) Council By-Election Result:
🌍 GRN: 41.8% (+19.7)
🌹 LAB: 28.6% (-25.7)
➡️ RFM: 15.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 9.1% (-4.5)
⚖️ EQU: 2.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 2.2% (-7.7)
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
🌍 GRN: 41.8% (+19.7)
🌹 LAB: 28.6% (-25.7)
➡️ RFM: 15.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 9.1% (-4.5)
⚖️ EQU: 2.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 2.2% (-7.7)
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
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Do we talk about Kuenssberg's horrendous failure of journalism with regards to Johnson and Cummings or is that just okay now? She keeps her show and her salary? Serious BBC questions to answer on how they didn't challenge during Covid.
Compare with Pym and Walsh in the same bulletins. Astonishing.
Compare with Pym and Walsh in the same bulletins. Astonishing.
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Do we talk about Kuenssberg's horrendous failure of journalism with regards to Johnson and Cummings or is that just okay now? She keeps her show and her salary? Serious BBC questions to answer on how they didn't challenge during Covid.
Compare with Pym and Walsh in the same bulletins. Astonishing.
Compare with Pym and Walsh in the same bulletins. Astonishing.
Who’s coming to the LDNDOCS screenings this weekend? www.ldndocs.co.uk/programme
Programme | LDN DOCS
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November 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Who’s coming to the LDNDOCS screenings this weekend? www.ldndocs.co.uk/programme
‘On Friday 13 March, 2 senior No 10 officials are sitting in a key meeting of scientific advisers in Whitehall.
"WE ARE NOT READY," one writes in capital letters in his notepad, external. The other leans over & crosses out "NOT READY", replacing it with an expletive.’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"WE ARE NOT READY," one writes in capital letters in his notepad, external. The other leans over & crosses out "NOT READY", replacing it with an expletive.’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The private notes and secret documents that tell the inside story of the UK's Covid response
The Covid inquiry is set to publish its second set of findings looking in detail at the huge political decisions that had to be made in 2020.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
‘On Friday 13 March, 2 senior No 10 officials are sitting in a key meeting of scientific advisers in Whitehall.
"WE ARE NOT READY," one writes in capital letters in his notepad, external. The other leans over & crosses out "NOT READY", replacing it with an expletive.’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"WE ARE NOT READY," one writes in capital letters in his notepad, external. The other leans over & crosses out "NOT READY", replacing it with an expletive.’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
‘“He would sidle up to me and growl: ‘Hitler was right,’ or ‘Gas them,’ sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas showers,” Ettedgui says of his experience of being in a class with Farage at Dulwich college in south London.’ www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
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November 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
‘“He would sidle up to me and growl: ‘Hitler was right,’ or ‘Gas them,’ sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas showers,” Ettedgui says of his experience of being in a class with Farage at Dulwich college in south London.’ www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
I just backed Trafficked: Dying to get to Britain on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/794...
Trafficked: Dying to get to Britain
Sosa takes us to Nigeria to investigate why many young mothers, including his own, risk dangerous trafficking routes to get to Britain.
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November 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Sickening rhetoric by Home Secretary. Denying access to human rights isn't "protecting the public". This is Labour further demonising those seeking asylum in language very reminiscent of the far right. Yes, some break the law, so should be prosecuted within the law. Removing rights is not the answer
November 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Sickening rhetoric by Home Secretary. Denying access to human rights isn't "protecting the public". This is Labour further demonising those seeking asylum in language very reminiscent of the far right. Yes, some break the law, so should be prosecuted within the law. Removing rights is not the answer
‘BBC apologises to Trump over Panorama edit but refuses to pay compensation’
"While the BBC sincerely regrets the manner in which the video clip was edited, we strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim."
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"While the BBC sincerely regrets the manner in which the video clip was edited, we strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim."
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BBC apologises to Trump over Panorama edit but refuses to pay compensation
Lawyers for the US president have threatened to sue the corporation for $1bn (£759m).
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November 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
‘BBC apologises to Trump over Panorama edit but refuses to pay compensation’
"While the BBC sincerely regrets the manner in which the video clip was edited, we strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"While the BBC sincerely regrets the manner in which the video clip was edited, we strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
‘Israel’s parliament has backed a controversial bill that seeks to impose a mandatory death sentence on Palestinians who kill Jewish Israelis for nationalist reasons, but not on Jewish Israelis who kill Palestinians.’
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Israeli parliament backs death penalty bill targeting Palestinians
Bill passed by 39 votes to 16 but must clear two more parliamentary votes to become law
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November 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
‘Israel’s parliament has backed a controversial bill that seeks to impose a mandatory death sentence on Palestinians who kill Jewish Israelis for nationalist reasons, but not on Jewish Israelis who kill Palestinians.’
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