Jewish MP’s visit to school cancelled after concerns raised by pro-Palestine group

Damien Egan, the Labour MP for Bristol North East, had a visit with a local academy called off in case his presence inflames the teachers'

A planned visit by a Jewish Labour MP to a school in his Bristol constituency was cancelled after a campaign by a pro-Palestine group, it has emerged.

Damien Egan, the Labour MP for Bristol North East, had been booked in to speak to students at Bristol Brunel Academy, but the visit was called off by the school hours before it was due to happen.