Labour Shadow Minister Mike Amesbury apologises for sharing 'antisemitic caricature' - after denying he had

On Tuesday night, Mr Amesbury initially denied sharing the post, tweeting: “I did not send this vile nonsense and never would", and adding: “The profile picture is of me and my son when we as a family went to Barcelona in 2015, curious that this claims to be from 2013”.

He was apparently unaware that once someone changes their profile picture on Facebook, all their old posts change to show their current profile picture.

The MP deleted his tweet after it was pointed out to him that the post he had shared could still be seen on his own Facebook wall. The original post was also deleted.

Mr Amesbury then released a statement “apologising unreservedly for this terrible error".

“I apologise unreservedly for this terrible error. I genuinely don’t recall sharing this image and I’m mortified that I did so. This appalling image image contains an antisemitic caricature and a reference to the ‘illuminati’ conspiracy theory. I would never have intentionally shared antisemitic tropes and I am sincerely sorry that I did.”

The MP also said he had visited Auschwitz last year on a trip with the Holocaust Educational Trust.

“This moving experience reaffirmed my commitment to working with the Jewish community to increase education and awareness about antisemitism,” he said.