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BAKE Off star Nadiya Hussain pulled out of a careers event at the weekend after young activists highlighted its links to the arms trade.
Ms Hussain was due to speak on Saturday at the three-day World Skills UK Live online event.
However, as reported in the Star, the activists with the Peace Pledge Union (PPU) wrote to Ms Hussain urging her to reconsider as the event is sponsored by multinational arms company BAE Systems.
As a result, Ms Hussain withdrew from the event.
Anya Nanning Ramamurthy, 19, a PPU member in London who wrote to Ms Hussain, said: “I strongly welcome Nadiya’s withdrawal from World Skills UK, which is yet another example of the appalling, manipulative tactics used to militarise young people in Britain.
“I am glad that Nadiya has stuck to her caring and thoughtful values in rejecting involvement in this unethical event.”
Tomos Williams-Mason, 18, a PPU member in south-east Wales who attended the online event, found that his “polite but challenging” questions were quickly deleted from the message board.
