The performer, who goes under the pseudonym Nicolas Hoare, has agreed to take part in Attleborough Pride and bring fellow drag artists too, to ensure it can go ahead.

It had been in doubt after at least 10 drag queens refused to be associated with it because it is paid for and organised by Daniel Burcham, who was elected as the town's Reform county councillor last month.

Hoare is a drag king - traditionally a female performer who dresses as a man (Image: Nicolas Hoare)

Hoare's involvement is unlikely to mean an end to acrimony over the event, however, after the performer launched an astonishing attack on the "new era" of drag artists, branding them "bloody snowflakes", accusing them of intolerance and "cancelling" people for their political views.

“They’re more interested in going on social media rampages and throwing other artists under the bus and trying to ruin other people's careers than just actually supporting all members of their own community,” Hoare........

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