SIR Keir Starmer has branded Nigel Farage “spineless” after the Reform Party boss was accused of making racist comments as a schoolboy.
Mr Farage allegedly sang a song called “gas em all” about the Holocaust as a student at his private secondary school Dulwich College.
The Reform Party boss furiously denies the allegations against him.
But responding to the reports while on his way to the G20 summit in South Africa, the PM said Mr Farage has questions to answer.
And he slammed the Reform Party boss for failing to reprimand his MP Sarah Pochin who said there are too many minority people in telly adverts.
Sir Keir said: “He needs to explain those comments. I put that challenge indirectly to him at Prime Minister’s Questions.
“He needs to explain the comments, or alleged comments that were made, and he needs to do that as soon as possible.
“He hasn’t got a good track record in relation to this because Sarah Pochin, his MP, made some clearly racist comments and Nigel Farage has done absolutely nothing about it.
“The man is spineless. If that had been someone in my party, I’d have dealt with it straight away.
“He needs to explain the latest allegations and whilst he’s at it he needs to explain why he’s too spineless to take action in relation to what is obvious racism in the comments of his fellow MP.
“So far he’s said absolutely nothing about it. He’s got plenty to say about plenty on things, apart from showing some leadership when it comes to racism.”
A Reform source said the Prime Minister was “desperate, sinking in the polls and lashing out”.
Nigel Farage responded: “For the weakest Prime Minister in living memory to call me spineless is utterly ludicrous.
“The voters will have their say on both of us at the ballot box next May”.
It comes as Bafta and Emmy award-winning director and producer Peter Ettedgui told The Guardian Mr Farage would allegedly tell him “Hitler was right”, or say “gas them” when he was a 13-year-old.
Ettedgui, whose family had fled Nazi Germany during World War Two, claimed Mr Farage would sometimes add a hiss noise to replicate the sound of the gas chambers.
A Reform UK spokesman denied all the allegations and claimed they were another attempt to smear the party.
The disputed comments are the latest feud developing within parliament.
Last week, Starmer described comments by Reform councillor Andy Osborn that children in care were “downright evil” as “utterly appalling”.
Osborn is being investigated over the remarks he made at a Cambridgeshire County Council meeting in June.
Mr Farage did not respond when Starmer put the comments to him at PMQs.
