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Musical controversy in the Senedd
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02/07/2025
Bob Vylan made headlines over extremely controversial comments made at Glasto, and with Greenman set to welcome Kneecap next month, one Welsh politician is concerned.
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If you didn't know who Bob Villam were last week, most of us certainly do now.
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The incredibly controversial set at Glass and Brie Festival over the weekend has hit every headline,
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and conversations over their actions have made their way here to the Senate.
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Their chants have been taken as anti-Semitic, inciting violence and offensive to the Jewish community.
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Welsh Tory leader Darren Miller has called on the First Ministers to weigh in on the controversy,
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as well as the recent protests outside the Senate in support of Palestine.
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Those were scenes that were broadcast by the publicly funded BBC,
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and they showed a so-called artist calling for, and I quote,
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death, death to the IDF, and for Palestine to be free, quote, from the river to the sea.
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Those chants were repeated by a huge crowd at that huge music festival,
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and even outside the Senate today, those chants have been repeated at a protest,
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which was attended by Labour and Plaid MS's.
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It is not right to stir up hatred against any community, and it frankly is illegal,
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which is why there is a police inquiry going on at the moment, and that is absolutely the right thing to do.
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Greenland Festival might just cause a bit of a stir after everything that went down in Glastonbury this year.
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With the festival set to take place in August, having kneecap on the line-up,
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one of the members of the Irish language rap group is facing charges for supporting a prescribed organisation,
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and Darren Miller doesn't want them anywhere near the festival.
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A festival which has benefited from significant financial support from the Welsh Government over a number of years,
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including the purchase of the land near Crick Howell for over £4 million to support the festival's projects.
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Now, this year, the organisers have chosen to invite the rap group, kneecap.
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I do think they need to think very carefully about who they invite,
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and the potential problems that may arise if they are to use that as a platform to divide people and to talk hatred.
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So I do think it's important that they consider that.
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But let me just make it clear, the Welsh Government does not pay for the artists in Greenland.
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On the other side of recent news is the welfare reforms.
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The Plaid Cymru leader Sreenath Yorworth wants to know why Aline Ed Morgan now supports recent concessions on the bill,
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which could still mean thousands of people lose out on support.
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I'm interested in why the First Minister said last-minute changes to the reforms to try to avoid a catastrophic vote,
02:32
not because of a letter of hers, of course, but welcome concessions.
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The Cabinet member responsible spent a lot of time on the weekend talking to the Minister responsible
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about how they can look at the model we use in Wales in terms of co-production
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to make sure that we land this in a place that balances the need and the desire of disabled people to get into work
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and the need for us to provide that support.
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Thank you very much.
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