Starmer: 'Death to IDF' chants at Glastonbury 'appalling hate speech'

NAMPA / DPA

2025-06-29

London (PA Media/dpa) - UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said chants of "death" to the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) at Glastonbury were "appalling hate speech" and urged the BBC to explain how the scenes were broadcast. Rapper Bobby Vylan, of rap punk duo Bob Vylan, on Saturday led crowds on the festival's West Holts Stage in chants of "Free, free Palestine" and "Death, death to the IDF," before a member of Irish rap trio Kneecap suggested fans "sta......

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