The cartoon showed Richard Sharp—who is Jewish and a former employee of Goldman Sachs—carrying his résumé and a box containing a squid as he walked past a vomiting pig and a bloated, naked Boris Johnson sitting on top of a mountain of filth.
after the newspaper ran a cartoon that allegedly contained “antisemitic tropes.” The sketch came in response to the resignation of Richard Sharp, who stood down from his role as the BBC chairman last week in the wake of an investigation into his role in helping Boris Johnson secure a personal loan.
The cartoon showed Sharp—who is Jewish and a former employee of Goldman Sachs—carrying his résumé and a box containing a squid as he walked past a vomiting pig and a bloated, naked Boris Johnson sitting on top of a mountain of filth. “We have written torequesting an urgent meeting with the editor, Katharine Viner, in regard to yesterday’s shocking cartoon... which contained antisemitic tropes,” The Board of Deputies of British Jews said.
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