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The President of Cambridge Union has apologised after a guest speaker launched into a 'crass and deeply insensitive' impression of Adolf Hitler during a debate.
Guest speaker Andrew Graham-Dixon impersonated the German dictator as part of his argument against the motion 'this house believes there is no such thing as good taste.'
His lengthy impression of Hitler, which included racial slurs and voiced antisemitic and racist views, has caused outrage amongst Cambridge University students and alumni.
Cambridge Union President Keir Bradwell, who admitted to being drunk at the debate and had said that it was the 'longest Hitler impression' the chamber had ever heard, has now issued an apology for his failure to intervene.
Guest speaker Andrew Graham-Dixon impersonated the German dictator as part of his argument against the motion 'this house believes there is no such thing as good taste'
As part of Graham-Dixon's impersonation, which has been called 'crass and deeply insensitive', he said: 'The romantic tradition of German art was rejected by this modern art.
'This modern, horrible art that was promoted by the Jews... and the modern art, it was cubist - inspired by the art of the ne***s.
'This tribal art, urgh, how horrible is that? We must expunge this from our Deutschland.
'We are the pure, Aryan people. Our genetics is pure, our hearts must be pure, our
