Hate-filled pro-Palestine protests will swamp UK universities, Britain’s top US diplomat warns.

Britain's top diplomat in America fears hate-filled pro-Palestine protests could hit universities at home.

Dame Karen Pierce spoke out as demonstrations at US campuses such as Columbia and Yale led to a wave of disorder and arrests as Jewish students face anti-Semitic harassment.

Britain’s Ambassador to the United States intervened in the row while talking to The Sun’s Political Editor Harry Cole on a US special edition of our Never Mind The Ballots show.

Speaking from the Embassy in Washington DC, she said: “Well, the campuses obviously reflect the very strong views about what’s going on in Israel, Gaza.

“There’s no place for anti-Semitism on campus. The administration — congressional figures — have been very clear about that. The British Government’s been clear about that.

“Students have a right to protest. It has to be within the law. It’s the same back home in the UK. I don’t know whether this is indicative of a bigger trend.

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