Sturgeon withdraws from conference featuring Steve Bannon
(World News UK)

Scotland´s First Minister has pulled out of a conference after learning that former White House strategist Steve Bannon will speak at the event. Nicola Sturgeon had been scheduled to attend News Xchange 2018 in Edinburgh next month, but said she `would not be part of any process that risks legitimising or normalising far right, racist views`. Mr Bannon, who worked on Donald Trump´s successful presidential election bid, has championed right-wing political causes since leaving the White House. I believe passionately in free speech but as...