Alan Sugar deletes tweet depicting Jeremy Corbyn in a car with Hitler after MP pressure Lord Alan Sugar has deleted a tweet he posted, which depicted Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in a car with Adolf Hitler, following […]

Lord Alan Sugar has deleted a tweet he posted, which depicted Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in a car with Adolf Hitler, following mounting pressure from MPs.

The tweet included the caption: “When you’re pictured at Nuremberg and claim you thought you were going to a car rally”.

Following Hitler’s rise to power in the 1930s, the German city of Nuremburg was often used to host Nazi propaganda and book burning events.

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Labour’s worst week

It follows a week of escalating tensions over the Labour party’s failure to adequately stamp out anti-Semitism within its ranks.

The Apprentice star and business magnate, who is Jewish, faced calls from shadow chancellor John McDonnell to “disown” the post and “bring people together”.

People have contacted me about Alan Sugar’s tweet. I just make this appeal to him. Please delete and disown it. We all desperately need to bring people together now. We can hold strong views about each other’s politics but now is the time to learn from each other and unite people — John McDonnell MP (@johnmcdonnellMP) March 30, 2018

Lord Sugar, a former Labour peer, later tweeted “many a true word spoken in jest Corbyn” and branded the post a “joke”.

‘Deeply offensive’

However, many Labour MPs refused to accept his explanation, and echoed McDonnell’s call.

Shadow minister Jon Trickett labelled Lord Sugar’s post “deeply offensive”, while Chris Williamson, MP for Derby, said he felt the tweet “promotes hatred” and was “irresponsible”.

John Mann, who is chairman of the all-party group against anti-Semitism, said the Nazi comparison was “demeaning, unwanted and dangerous”.

Lord Sugar quit the Labour party in 2015 following disagreements over its policy on business.