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BBC must stop broadcasting Glastonbury: Hate speech can never have a national platform, writes Chris Philp

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30 June 2025, 16:04 | Updated: 1 July 2025, 07:40

By Chris Philp MP

On Saturday, Bob Vylan, a punk duo, performed at Glastonbury Festival. During their set, the frontman chanted ‘from the river to the sea, Palestine, must be, will be free’ and ‘death, death to the IDF.’

Everyone watching will have also seen the crowd’s reaction to the band: chanting back ‘death, death to the IDF’ and cheering.

The frontman of Bob Vylan also sang “I heard you want your country back? Ha! Shut the f*** up!”

Ordinary British people are concerned about what is happening to this country, they see the effects of mass immigration, record high taxes, a welfare bill set to reach £100 billion by the end of the decade, and now they........

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