Reform UK leader says the BBC has questions to answer about it's decision to stream an English punk group live which shouted anti IDF chant
British rapper Bobby Vylan - whose real name is Pascal Robinson-Foster - of punk duo Bob Vylan, led chants of 'death, death to the IDF' at the Glastonbury music festival over the weekend.
Mr Farage said it was a disgrace that the set made it on air.
'This particular artist, the most extraordinary thing is that the BBC broadcast this live given that the BBC had 400 staff, can you believe it, 400 staff at Glastonbury, at no point, did anybody stop or pull this broadcast,' the Reform UK leader told Sky News host Paul Murray on Tuesday.
Mr Farage linked the performance to the ongoing debate in the UK about the funding of the BBC, which in the UK, is paid for by a television license.
'There is always a debate in Britain, about how we fund the BBC, and whether people should go to jail for not paying a license fee,' he said.
'And frankly this row is going to run and run, and what happened, what was allowed to broadcast was disgraceful.'
The license fee funds the BBC's domestic television channels, national and local radio stations and the BBC World Service which the SBS and ABC rebroadcast in Australia.
The chants at the Glastonbury Festival have ignited an international and domestic row, with Bob Vylan, being banned from the United States, preventing him from attending a gig in New York.
'The State Department has revoked the US visas for the members of the Bob Vylan band in light of their hateful tirade at Glastonbury, including leading the crowd in death chants,' deputy Secretary of State, Christopher Landau said in a statement on X.
The chants were also condemned by the UK Government, with UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy telling the parliament that the BBC had questions to answer.
'Avon and Somerset police have confirmed that video evidence is being assessed by officers to determine whether any offences may have been committed," she said.
'It just announced in the last few minutes that that is now taking the form of a criminal investigation,' she went on to say, confirming the UK government could not comment on the investigation.
The opposition claimed the BBC had broken the law and should face charges.
Shadow home secretary Chris Phelps said police should investigate and prosecute the BBC for broadcasting violence and hatred.
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