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Labour politicians are to monitor the work of TBWA\ London more closely after being forced to scrap two anti-Tory ads perceived as anti-Semitic by some Jews.
Labour placed a draft poster on its website that depicted Michael Howard, the Conservative leader, and Oliver Letwin, the shadow chancellor (both of whom are Jewish), as flying pigs. Another showed Howard in a pose that drew comparisons with Fagin and Shylock. They were among five ads Labour supporters were invited to choose general election posters from.
Although Labour insisted the two ads were 'anti-Tory, not anti-Semitic', it withdrew them from its website after some Jewish people objected. A Labour source said: 'These ...