Liberal Democrats drop prospective London mayoral candidate after her past antisemitism is revealed
The Liberal Democrats have quickly moved to drop a prospective mayoral candidate after her past antisemitism was revealed. Last week, the Party announced that Geeta Sidhu-Robb and Cllr Luisa Porrit would vie for the Party’s nomination for the London mayoralty. However, video has now emerged of Ms Sidhu-Robb, who is a millionaire businesswoman, former corporate lawyer and “juice diet” entrepreneur, […]
Spitting Image under fire for caricature of Mark Zuckerberg with gratuitously big nose
The satirical puppet show, Spitting Image, has come under fire for a caricature of Mark Zuckerberg with a gratuitously big nose. The image of the founder and CEO of the social media giant, Facebook, has been revealed by the rebooted television show, eliciting complaints that the caricature has employed antisemitic stereotypes such as a big, […]
CAA reveals that BBC journalist Nimesh Thaker, now under investigation by the BBC, shared antisemitic posts and trolled BBC colleagues in his own name
Campaign Against Antisemitism can reveal that the BBC journalist, Nimesh Thaker, who has recently been criticised for antisemitic comments on his anonymous Twitter account, also had another – now-deleted – Twitter account in his own name, which he used to post antisemitic material and criticise other BBC journalists. Using the handle, @thaker_nimesh, Mr Thaker, who has […]