Polanski says guillotine re-post was mistake but refuses to apologise

Polanski says guillotine re-post was mistake but refuses to apologise To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, Zack Polanski: 'I won't apologise' to Nigel FarageByJennifer McKiernanPolitical reporterPublishedJust nowZack Polanski has refused three times to apologise to Nigel Farage for re-posting a photo of a man wearing a t-shirt with an image of a guillotine and the slogan "we're only making plans for Nigel".Reform UK's home affairs spokesperson, Zia Yusuf, said the image showed a "photo of man calling for the beheading of Nigel Farage", which he said could be an "incitement to murder".The Green Party of England and Wales leader was reported to the Met over the photo, which he quickly deleted, but told the BBC he had not been contacted by police.Speaking to BBC Newsnight, he said he would not apologise for an "inadvertent mistake" that he said Farage had amplified in a "fundamentally dishonest way".The row kicked off on Monday evening when Polanski shared the photo, which he said was the fifth image in a series of 20 from a party, having accepted a request to collaborate with the Instagram account of a photographer at the event.Posting a screenshot on X, Reform UK leader Farage said: "If I was to post anything as inciteful then I would expect to be arrested, and so should Polanski."Asked if he wanted to apologise to Farage, Polanski said: "Well, if I'd done it deliberately I'd be apologising but because this was a mistake I think the important thing is that I point out this was a mistake, that I also make sure that I condemn political violence, and also crucially I make a commitment to be better on social media."Asked for a second time whether he would apologise, Polanski refused because he said Farage had cropped the image to make it look like he had posted it himself, which he said was "...