Kneecap’s Glastonbury performance not ‘appropriate’, says Keir Starmer | Kneecap
Knecap’s Glastonbury festival performance is not “appropriate ,, Keir Starmer said.
Kneecap member Liam óg ó Hannaidh appeared on Wednesday after claiming that he said “Up Hamas, Up Hezbollah” at a concert last year in November last year.
In an interview SunThe Prime Minister was asked if the trio thought he should take the stage in Glastonbury. “No, I’m not doing it, and I think we need to go down clearly about it,” Starmer said. “This is about the threats that should not be done, I will not say much because there is a court case, but I do not think it is appropriate.”
Previously on Saturday, conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch said BBC thought that Dnecap’s performance at the festival should not “show”.
Badenoch said in an article in X with an article by The Times, who claims that the BBC did not ban the group, said: “BBC should not show propaganda.
“As a public platform, the BBC should not reward extremism.”
Badenoch previously asked the band to be banned from Glastonbury. Last year, Kneecap won a cases of discrimination against the British government at the Belfast Supreme Court, after trying to reject Badenoch’s £ 14,250 financing award when he was a minister in the previous government.
A BBC spokesman said: “As a broadcast partner, BBC will bring audiences comprehensive music from Glastonbury with artists reserved by festival organizers.
“Although BBC does not prohibit artists, our plans will enable our programming will meet our editorial instructions. Decisions about our output will lead the festival.”
On Wednesday, Hannaidh, who performed under the stage called Mo Chara, came with his group friends Naoise O Cairealláin and JJ ó Docartaigh at the Westminster Magistrate Criminal Court on his T -shirts.
Ó Hannaidh was released on unconditional bail until his next hearing on August 20th.
After the hearing, the rapper said: “You can see us on Saturday at 16:00 for everyone who goes to Glastonbury.
“If you can’t be there, we’ll be in the BBC, if someone who watches the BBC. We will be at Wembley in September.
“But most importantly: Free, free Palestine.”
The accusation followed a police investigation against a terrorist police investigation after the concert images appeared, which claimed that the group wanted the deaths of the deputies. In April, Kneecap apologized to the families of the deputies killed, but the images of the incident were “exploited and armed”.
