The news director at the UK arm of broadcaster RT repeatedly made Islamophobic comments on social media in which he said Islam was "rotten from the inside", retweeted an image suggesting Muslims are inclined to shoot their own daughters, and shared an image saying "there is no difference between the Nazis and Islam".

In a series of messages obtained by BuzzFeed News, Andrew Rigney also said Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn – a known fan of the Russian government-backed TV channel – is a "fucking communist IRA supporter" and "millionaire leftard" while suggesting "dumb liberal lefties" welcoming refugees to the UK will be "the first slaughtered by jihad".



A spokesperson for RT, formerly known as Russia Today, said the channel did not tolerate "hate speech" and had told Rigney to delete his social media accounts after it was alerted to the messages by staff, although it was unclear whether any further action was taken.

