An apology from us - we got it wrong.
Two days ago we published on social media a photograph of a woman and a man talking at a Black Lives Matter rally.
Two days ago we published on social media a photograph of a woman and a man talking at a Black Lives Matter rally.
When it was pointed out to us that the man had links to organisations accused of antisemitism, we should have removed the post immediately, apologised for our error and reasserted our view that all forms of racism are abhorrent.
We did not. Instead, a member of our social media team published a poorly-worded, offensive and unjustifiable response about why they had posted the photograph.
Once senior management were made aware of the situation yesterday, the image and associated comments were immediately removed and the staff involved are going through formal disciplinary processes. We are also undertaking a review of all editors of our social media channels.
Best for Britain totally and wholly opposes racism in all its forms, including antisemitism, and we deeply regret creating the impression that we were legitimising racist views by publishing this photograph and the follow-up comment.
We also apologise unreservedly to everyone we offended.
We are taking steps to avoid this happening again, including mandatory training.
We are taking steps to avoid this happening again, including mandatory training.
Thank you to those of you who have contacted us about this issue and who campaign so fiercely and bravely against anti-semitism. We are extremely sorry.
