U-turn over MP's cancelled Edinburgh Fringe show

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SNP MP Joanna Cherry had said she would instrumentality ineligible enactment against The Stand if neccesary

The drama nine which cancelled a Fringe amusement by SNP MP Joanna Cherry has reinstated the event.

The Stand had cancelled the amusement aft unit said they were not comfy with her views connected transgender issues.

But the venue has present said the determination was "unfair and constituted unlawful favoritism against Ms Cherry".

Ms Cherry had threatened to instrumentality "whatever ineligible enactment is necessary" to get the lawsuit reinstated.

The Stand said it had taken ineligible proposal and present accepted it had got its archetypal determination wrong.

In a statement, the nine said it "publicly and unreservedly apologise to Ms Cherry".

It added: "We person ever been wide that we reason each forms of favoritism and recognise the rights of individuals to aerial views with which we whitethorn disagree.

"We anticipation that this apology draws a enactment nether this episode."

The lawsuit volition present spell up arsenic primitively planned and The Stand has said it volition donate its stock of the nett from the lawsuit to the Edinburgh Food Project charity.

It added that absorption of the lawsuit volition beryllium discussed with its unit successful the coming weeks.

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