Why do you get all the knobs at Glastonbury?

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c33514nryy1o

Kneecap and now this.....There are some absolute fits playing at Glastonbury and I am sure there are some virtue signalling loons cheering this.

Hope turnpike throw the book at them.

Yes good point. He will of course be moved swiftly straight to a trial and onto prison for the maximum sentence for inciting violence and irresponsibly and dangerously whipping up hatred of a minority group, won't he?

Won't he????

The police didn’t say that though?

Really disturbing. I for one do not want to live in a society that is leaning toward Muslim values. I work in a large corporation in the city. The meat served in the canteen is all halal. I do not get it. There are maybe 5% Muslim employees.

This thread is a disgrace.

I’ve never seen so much bigotry on Mumsnet.

No wonder British Jews are fearful.

Let's try a different source (Belfast Live) to see if that helps you understand that both acts are being investigated.

In a post on social media, Avon and Somerset Police said: "We are aware of the comments made by acts on the West Holts Stage at Glastonbury Festival this afternoon.

"Video evidence will be assessed by officers to determine whether any offences may have been committed that would require a criminal investigation.”

The videos under scrutiny reportedly include those of punk pair Bob Vylan and Irish hip-hop group Kneecap, reports the Manchester Evening News.

This scrutiny follows a government statement expressing "strong condemnation" of Bob Vylan's comments. Bob Vylan stirred up the audience with chants of "Free, free Palestine" and "Death, death to the IDF" before Kneecap took the stage.

Kneecap's Moglai Bap, real name Naoise O Caireallain, openly criticised the Prime Minister during their set, stating: "The Prime Minister of your country, not mine, said he didn't want us to play, so f* Keir Starmer."

The band also echoed the sentiment with their own "Free Palestine" chants, before suggesting fans “start a riot” outside one member of the band’s upcoming court appearance.

www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/kneecap-glastonbury-set-being-investigated-31954516

Yep. @NiMaithLiomDeLuain go back to crooning along to the Boomtown Rats. You’re ridiculous and quite frankly I am mortified for you.

@Mookiecat I'm so sorry. That's so horrific I can't imagine. Everything feels so messed up.

They should play footage from the Nova music festival on the big screens.

See if that gives them any kind of perspective.

Absolutely agree. I stand by my Jewish friends and neighbours in the UK. If we don’t then we are allowing a future of horror for all of us.

Some faiths aren't allowed to eat halal meat, is there no other provision?

Anyone who tries to crowbar in something irrelevant gets short shrift I'm afraid. It's precisely sod all to do with the events at Glastonbury so maybe you should start another thread where you can receive the attention you require.

@MookieCat I'm so sorry too and also sorry that your very touching post got missed in the general chaos of this thread.

Used to sing along to that song when it first came out, then realised what it was about. Interesting user name isn't it?

So do I stand by Jewish friends and neighbours in the UK (and even people I've never met but they shouldn't be made to feel afraid or in the wrong just for being Jewish).

Terrifying. Why? Why is this happening? So many of us do not want this nightmare.

@MookieCat that is so sad and so unsettling at the same time.

People do not realise this is happening. I was drawn to seeing it and started to see more and then challenge people I know on it. Then I see posts here and it simply further lifts the veil.

Your example is another horrible reality of this and I am really sorry for that experience. One you should not be having here in this day and age.

I am so confused by the liberal desperation to create a space and encourage such an illiberal religion.
Anyone who grew up in a predominantly Muslim area can tell you how badly it clashes with everything we’re working towards becoming.

And just because they’ve always been ‘challenging and provocative’, doesn’t mean that they can’t be called out on it. Doesn’t mean they’re not twats just because they’ve always been provocative.

I don't fully understand it tbh. And I think, is this simple naiveté and what they call ' wokery' gone insane? Or is it something more?

I hate to learn too much sometimes tbh. It's deeply unsettling to me observing this.

100%, as do many of the people in the UK.

No alternative meat options, no.

There is bullying on this thread of a Jewish child with special needs. Disgusting.

It’s because it’s a group of people who need to define themselves against the majority - in the past they might have been protesting against the very regimes they are supporting. But as we now have a lovely liberal majority system to rebel they have to support illiberalism. They’re disenfranchised from society - but imo not because of society but because they are idiots.

Yep, and all these killings are, indirectly, by the hand of Hamas. Keeping the hostages since 10/2023, just because they’re on a power trip. They couldn’t give a toss how many Palestinians are killed due to their stupidity. Don’t blame the Israelis for the killings since October 2023. Put the blame where it should be, at the door of Hamas who are still being hailed as hero’s by deluded Palestinians. People like you should be demanding Hamas release the hostages to stop this war, not blaming a country who are defending themselves from more atrocities by Hamas.

Well no surprises there. We see their attempts at bullying the Jewish community on their ‘protest’ marches every weekend in London. All these marches for nothing - the UK government have made themselves very clear on where they stand. They stand with Israel’s right to defend themselves. Yet still Groundhog Day every Saturday….