David Lammy likens Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg to NAZIS

Fury as Labour second referendum campaigner David Lammy likens Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg to NAZIS in rant to the BBC's Andrew Marr MP David Lammy compared to the Brexiterrs to Nazis and white supremacists  Politician said 'extreme hard-right fascism'  should not be allowed to flourish Conservative MPs blasted the outburst and said Lammy had 'lost it'

By Sophie Law For Mailonline

Published: 11:34 BST, 14 April 2019 | Updated: 11:44 BST, 14 April 2019

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Labour MP David Lammy has compared Jacob-Rees Mogg and Boris Johnson to Nazis in a rant on the Andrew Marr show.

The second referendum campaigner likened the Conservatives figures to Hitler in the damning outburst on the BBC programme on Sunday. 

The veteran Labour MP referred to Jacob Rees-Mogg retweeting content from the far-right Alternative for Germany and of Boris Johnson meeting Donald Trump's advisor Steve Bannon.

Labour MP David Lammy has compared Jacob-Rees Mogg and Boris Johnson to Nazis in a rant on the Andrew Marr show

Labour MP David Lammy has compared Jacob-Rees Mogg and Boris Johnson to Nazis in a rant on the Andrew Marr show

The rant has sparked fury among Conservatives who claim the MP for Tottenham has 'lost it' with the comparisons to 'white supremacists'.   

Mr Lammy was asked about whether a comparison he previously made between the European Research Group (ERG) and the Nazi Party and South African racists was unacceptable.

He replied: 'Andrew, I would say that that wasn't strong enough. In 1938 there were allies who hatched a plan for Hitler to annex part of Czechoslovakia, and Churchill said no, and he stood alone.

'We must not appease. We're in a situation now, and let me just be clear, I'm an ethnic minority.

'We have, in the ERG, in Jacob

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