Article 5VW31 Boycott Jimmy Carr over ‘horrid’ joke about Roma people, says Sajid Javid

Boycott Jimmy Carr over ‘horrid’ joke about Roma people, says Sajid Javid

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Peter Walker Political correspondent
from World news | The Guardian on (#5VW31)

Health secretary joins condemnation of comedian's comment about Holocaust deaths in Netflix show

People should consider boycotting the comedian Jimmy Carr because of his widely criticised comment about the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities in a Netflix special, the UK health secretary, Sajid Javid, has suggested.

Carr has been condemned by groups including the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, the Auschwitz Memorial and Hope Not Hate for comments he made in the His Dark Material section of his show.

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