Musical controversy in the Senedd

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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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00:00If you didn't know who Bob Villam were last week, most of us certainly do now.

00:05The incredibly controversial set at Glass and Brie Festival over the weekend has hit every headline,

00:10and conversations over their actions have made their way here to the Senate.

00:14Their chants have been taken as anti-Semitic, inciting violence and offensive to the Jewish community.

00:19Welsh Tory leader Darren Miller has called on the First Ministers to weigh in on the controversy,

00:23as well as the recent protests outside the Senate in support of Palestine.

00:26Those were scenes that were broadcast by the publicly funded BBC,

00:32and they showed a so-called artist calling for, and I quote,

00:36death, death to the IDF, and for Palestine to be free, quote, from the river to the sea.

00:44Those chants were repeated by a huge crowd at that huge music festival,

00:50and even outside the Senate today, those chants have been repeated at a protest,

00:56which was attended by Labour and Plaid MS's.

00:59It is not right to stir up hatred against any community, and it frankly is illegal,

01:04which is why there is a police inquiry going on at the moment, and that is absolutely the right thing to do.

01:10Greenland Festival might just cause a bit of a stir after everything that went down in Glastonbury this year.

01:15With the festival set to take place in August, having kneecap on the line-up,

01:19one of the members of the Irish language rap group is facing charges for supporting a prescribed organisation,

01:24and Darren Miller doesn't want them anywhere near the festival.

01:28A festival which has benefited from significant financial support from the Welsh Government over a number of years,

01:35including the purchase of the land near Crick Howell for over £4 million to support the festival's projects.

01:42Now, this year, the organisers have chosen to invite the rap group, kneecap.

01:48I do think they need to think very carefully about who they invite,

01:51and the potential problems that may arise if they are to use that as a platform to divide people and to talk hatred.

02:01So I do think it's important that they consider that.

02:04But let me just make it clear, the Welsh Government does not pay for the artists in Greenland.

02:10On the other side of recent news is the welfare reforms.

02:13The Plaid Cymru leader Sreenath Yorworth wants to know why Aline Ed Morgan now supports recent concessions on the bill,

02:19which could still mean thousands of people lose out on support.

02:22I'm interested in why the First Minister said last-minute changes to the reforms to try to avoid a catastrophic vote,

02:32not because of a letter of hers, of course, but welcome concessions.

02:36The Cabinet member responsible spent a lot of time on the weekend talking to the Minister responsible

02:41about how they can look at the model we use in Wales in terms of co-production

02:46to make sure that we land this in a place that balances the need and the desire of disabled people to get into work

02:56and the need for us to provide that support.

03:00Thank you very much.

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