Deep concerns about its stance and the impact it has on Jewish staff and pupils have been raised with First Minister John Swinney and Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth.

A letter to them from the Jewish Teachers’ Network Scotland (JTNS) complains about “smiling college lecturers and EIS union members publicly labelling us as racists” during a Scottish Trades Union Congress-sponsored march.

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