Comics under fire as ‘Holocaust gag’ row hits fringe festival

THE Edinburgh fringe festival has been hit by a row about anti-Semitism after two comics were accused of making “Holocaust gags”.

Yesterday, one of the comics involved hit back at the claims. Australian funnyman Steve Hughes was criticised by Jamie Glassman, one of the writers behind Da Ali G Show.

But Mr Hughes insisted the Jewish writer had taken his joke out of context and branded his claims “ridiculous and obscene”.