Shadow Foreign Secretary Priti Patel has expressed her outrage at the BBC for airing Bob Vylan's controversial Glastonbury Festival performance, telling the broadcaster to "take a hard look at themselves".In a live broadcast of the performance, the rap duo encouraged the audience at the festival on Saturday to chant "death to the IDF", sparking widespread criticism against the BBC.FULL STORY HERE.
00:00You tweeted an hour or so ago, Glastonbury and the BBC are inciting murder and terrorist violence against Jewish people.
00:08I'm sure many people would agree with you. What should happen to the BBC then in light of that?
00:12I think this is just absolutely horrific. And I'm going to say this.
00:17I think the BBC need to have a good, hard look at themselves right now.
00:22Their record over Israel and the conflicts over recent years since October the 7th has been utterly appalling.
00:30They've had record numbers of complaints about their own reporting.
00:32They failed in the past to effectively call Hamas a terrorist organisation.
00:37I was responsible for prescribing them.
00:39And what we have seen today is absolutely unacceptable for what is still considered to be our national broadcaster.
00:47And let's not forget, we are all paying for the BBC. It's a taxpayer funded institution.
00:54And, you know, I grew up watching the BBC when they used to have concerts such as Live Aid on.
00:58And it used to make us feel incredibly proud, you know, when there was sort of the people coming together to do good things in the world.
01:04And now you see the BBC and Glastonbury promoting and inciting violence against Jewish people and effectively speaking the language of terror and hate.
01:16That is just not right. It's unacceptable.
01:18I think really some big names need to be called to account.
01:21And I would actually go as far to say some heads need to roll at the BBC.
