A Conservative MP has said he “will not be silenced” after a charity representing Gypsies and travellers accused him of “inciting discrimination” after he opposed a new traveller camp in his constituency. Sir Conor Burns, the Bournemouth West MP, was reported to the Parliamentary Standards Commission by the Traveller Movement after he posted a video on social media opposing plans for a permanent site on a disused car park at Branksome Triangle. Burns said the proposal was unsuitable to accommodate “the so-called settled Gypsy and traveller community”. He said residents would not expect “the lo…
