Michael Howard references grandmother’s death.
Michael Howard condemned as “outrageous” a claim that he was “inciting fear and hatred just like the Nazis” by making immigration and asylum an election issue.
An angry Mr Howard hit back after a caller to a radio phone-in accused him of using the death of his own grandmother in the Holocaust to shield himself from criticism.
The attack came as Mr Howard was being interviewed on the Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2. The caller, a woman from north London, told him: “You of all people, as a Jew, should know how dangerous that kind of campaign is.
“And to do that and then hide behind the fact that your grandmother was murdered in the Holocaust, I think is absolutely disgusting because you are inciting fear and hatred just like the Nazis.”
Mr Howard angrily retorted: “That’s an outrageous allegation to make and an outrageous comment.”
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