By John Glenday

A Kent school has abruptly cancelled a planned talk by alt right figurehead Milo Yiannopolous, in which he was due to address pupils at his former alma mater, after concerns were raised by a government counter-extremism unit.

Langton Grammar in Canterbury was forced to act after the Department for Education intervened to prevent the talk, scheduled for Tuesday (22 November), from taking place amidst safety fears stoked by planned demonstrations to coincide with the event.

A school spokesperson told the Press Association: “We note that, within 24 hours of advertising the event, 220 Langton sixth-formers had, with Read full story ›

Source: The Drum