This is the moment an Irish traveller threatened to 'f***ing lay out' a Jimmy Carr gig attendee in heated protests over the comedian's controversial Holocaust joke. <br /><br />Video footage shows a protestor and lorry driver clashing ahead of Carr's comedy show in Cambridge last night. <br /><br />Dressed in a red gilet, Irish traveller Martin Ward, 30, shouts "Don't get in my face, I'll f***ing lay you out". <br /><br />A woman out of shot can be heard shouting "Freedom of speech means listening". <br /><br />Ward continues: "Freedom of speech? F*** off you racist animal.<br /><br />"Go on, Jimmy Carr, f*** off. Go on you racist people. You're racist people.<br /><br />"Why don't you go and run a story about Jimmy Carr avoiding the taxman, why don't you do that, and talking about raping children."<br /><br />Filming himself on his phone, Jamie Kidman, 37, remains silent throughout the exchange and can be seen rolling his eyes. <br /><br />Speaking last night, the lorry driver from Cambridgeshire said: "The joke is just words. It's freedom of speech. <br /><br />"I don't diss these people [protestors] here. It's just a joke mate."<br /><br />The tense clash came as around 50 protestors gathered outside Cambridge Corn Exchange ahead of Carr's sold-out gig last night. <br /><br />The crowd branded Carr a racist after he joked that the death of thousands of gypsies was a "positive" of the Nazi Holocaust in his Netflix show 'His Dark Material'.<br /><br />Carr had previously assured city councillors that no material from the show would be used at last night's gig. <br /><br />Yet protestors descended on the venue with banners reading "Genocide is not a subject for mockery" and "The only death I'm laughing at is Jimmy Carr's career". <br /><br />Around a dozen protesters formed a tunnel at the venue's entrance and handed leaflets to gig attendees as they went inside. <br /><br />Chants of "Roll up, roll up see the racist" and "It's no laughing matter" were shouted through a speaker outside the building. <br /><br />The demonstration was led by anti-racism groups in the city. <br /><br />Martin, who is the nephew of bare-knuckle boxer Paddy Doherty and cousin of X-Factor winner Shane Ward, travelled from his home in Kent to attend the protest. <br /><br />He said last night: "I think everyone should be ashamed of themselves for going to this gig. <br /><br />"Jimmy Carr's joke was a disgrace. It's pushing the level too far. <br /><br />"They should have cancelled the show. I get that it's freedom of speech but you've got to know what you're talking about before you say that."<br /><br />Another protestor, Tony Booth, 77, who is Jewish, said: "The joke is worse than Holocaust denial - it's saying it did happen and it was a good thing. <br /><br />"Free speech has its limits. How will the audience react to that joke? They may find a traveller and beat them up. <br /><br />"I don't think the show should have gone ahead. <br /><br />"If the joke was about Jews he never would have worked again. He's picked on travellers because he can get away with it."
