Lord Alan Sugar has been urged to 'delete and disown' a tweet showing a mocked-up image of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn sat beside Adolf Hitler.
The image was shared with his 5.5million Twitter followers yesterday alongside the caption: "when you're pictured at Nuremberg and claim you thought you were going to a car rally."
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Sharing the post, Lord Sugar wrote: "Many a true word spoken in jest Corbyn."
Lord Sugar, a former Labour peer who was born into a Jewish family, shared the post as Corbyn said his party 'must do better' to deal with antisemitism.
Labour MP and shadow chancellor John McDonnell tweeted to say people had contacted regarding the tweet and 'appealed' to Lord Sugar to 'delete and disown it'.
He's far from the only one to call on the business man and host to remove the tweet, with dozens of social media users condemning the post, some even calling on the BBC to terminate its contract with Sugar:
John Mann, chairman of the all-party parliamentary group against antisemitism said the was 'unwarranted' and also urged Lord Sugar to remove it.
But, Lord Sugar defended his post, saying it was a joke adding that he hadn't made the original image- he wrote: "It is a joke, but the angry brigade like to moan."
In response to the tweet from McDonnell, Lord Sugar said:
He has, however, since removed the post.
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