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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Jacob Stolworthy

Jimmy Carr: Boris Johnson’s spokesperson calls Holocaust joke ‘deeply disturbing’

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Boris Johnson‘s spokesperson has condemned Jimmy Carr’s Holocaust joke about travellers.

The prime minister’s spokesperson said that the the comedian’s comments, made during a Netflix stand-up special, were “deeply disturbing”.

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