Arts chief who 'compared Reform voters to Nazi supporters' urged to resign over 'divisive agenda'

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The chairman of the Southbank Centre has been urged to resign after he faced accusations of pushing a divisive agenda.Misan Harriman, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker who chairs London's largest arts venue, sparked controversy for appearing to suggest there was a media "conspiracy" to make the Golders Green knife attack about the Jewish victims.He argued that there was no focus on a Muslim man who was allegedly stabbed by the same person in an incident earlier that day.The comments have prompted a letter calling for Mr Harriman to resign as chairman of the London cultural landmark.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The demand, from members of a group including Danny Cohen, the former BBC director of television, the author and historian Lord Roberts of Belgravia, David Kershaw, a former Southbank Centre trustee and Neil Blair, JK Rowling's agent, read: "It is time for him to go."The signatories claimed the chairman was making "daily interventions on social media pushing a divisive...

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