Minister says BBC has ‘questions to answer' over Bob Vylan
Education minister Baroness Smith says the BBC has 'questions to answer' over why it allowed a Glastonbury set by Bob Vylan containing discriminatory language to be broadcast. The BBC is facing questions after rapper Bob Vylan - of the rap punk duo - led crowds at the festival's West Holts Stage in chants of: "Free, free Palestine" and: "Death, death to the IDF (Israel Defence Forces)" on Saturday.
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