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Criticism after panto dame's library events due to 'high risk of protest'

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16.08.2025

Mama G is a pantomime dame, Britain's Got Talent contestant and LGBTQ campaigner who has been performing at libraries in Suffolk for the last seven years.

Her events at Haverhill, Stowmarket, Lowestoft and Gainsborough Library near Ipswich were cancelled this August, as confirmed by Cllr Philip Faircloth-Mutton, Suffolk County Council’s cabinet member for environment, communities and equality on August.

A spokesman from Suffolk County Council confirmed this was a conservative administration political decision, while cabinet member Philip Faircloth-Mutton said it was due to a "high risk of protest".

Cllr Philip Faircroft-Mutton, Suffolk County........

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