Yesterday, 07:56 PM
Sir Keir Starmer has condemned the “appalling hate speech” against Israeli soldiers used by rap group Bob Vylan at Glastonbury.
The Prime Minister said the BBC had questions to answer over its live broadcast of the duo’s performance on Saturday.
His intervention comes amid mounting fury at the BBC for not ending the live broadcast when the rappers led thousands of revellers in chanting, “death, death to the IDF!”
Sir Keir told The Telegraph: “There is no excuse for this kind of appalling hate speech.
“I said that Kneecap should not be given a platform and that goes for any other performers making threats or inciting violence.
“The BBC needs to explain how these scenes came to be broadcast.”
The Prime Minister said the BBC had questions to answer over its live broadcast of the duo’s performance on Saturday.
His intervention comes amid mounting fury at the BBC for not ending the live broadcast when the rappers led thousands of revellers in chanting, “death, death to the IDF!”
Sir Keir told The Telegraph: “There is no excuse for this kind of appalling hate speech.
“I said that Kneecap should not be given a platform and that goes for any other performers making threats or inciting violence.
“The BBC needs to explain how these scenes came to be broadcast.”