“The boycott of Israeli goods was not mentioned at the concert and it’s certainly not something I would support.”
Among the carols was a rewrite of The Twelve Days of Christmas in which Ehud Olmert was said to have sent “12 assassinations” and “nine sniper
towers”.
Mr Hedley said: “The re-writing of the Twelve Days is the one I am most concerned with.
“What lay behind the decision to host the concert was the sense that, here was a group, and maybe I have got it wrong, that was publicising some of the other stories that you do not hear.
“While I totally understand the need for security, there’s another side of the story which does not get heard so much.”