‘Oblivious to his own hatred!’ Maajid Nawaz reacts to Zack Polanski sharing Nigel Farage decapitation post

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Zack Polanski "didn't consciously choose" to share an image of a man wearing a t-shirt that called for the decapitation of Nigel Farage, a Green activist has claimed.Dr Ashok Kumar told GB News last night it was "obvious" that Mr Polanski's post was "clearly a mistake"."Obviously, Zack didn't choose to consciously do this," Dr Kumar said.

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It was a post of 20 images.

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He immediately [took it down] when it was identified."The Green Party boss had "collaborated" on the post with multiple Instagram users - meaning it appeared on his profile the same way any other photo would.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say His more than 700,000 followers were treated to an image of a man in a black t-shirt emblazoned with the words: "We're only making plans for Nigel," alongside a guillotine."Sometimes there's many images," Dr Kumar, also an associate professor of Political Economy at Birkbeck University, said."You see the first few images...

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Maajid Nawaz accused former Green Party leader Zack Polanski of being "oblivious to his own hatred" after he shared a social media post depicting a guillotine alongside a reference to Nigel Farage.Appearing on GB News, the political commentator was reacting after the Reform UK leader said he would report the post to the police.

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Mr Nawaz said the image exposed what he described as the hypocrisy of those who claim to oppose hatred."It's typical people that preach love, tolerance and present themselves as anti-hate, and then they do something like this because they are full of hate for the person they're accusing of preaching hate."Referring to the image, he said: "It's a guillotine...

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and the guy's T-shirt says these are making plans for Nigel Farage.

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The political commentator argued the post was particularly inappropriate following the recent murder of former MP Ann Widdecombe, which counter-terrorism police have said was a "targeted attack".He hit out at the left "accusing the right...

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