I don’t know this gentleman’s music and I feel that what has happened has been horrific on both sides and both sides need to agree to a ceasefire because there has been despicable atrocities done to all, but one thing I would say is I’ve noticed people calling for this guy to serve the same sentence as Lucy Connolly but for me there is a big difference - Connolly called for a group of people to be set on fire, she was suggesting harm to individuals. His chant absolutely could have meant death to those individuals, however it could have meant death to that particular group in the sense that the group should be disbanded, not suggesting actual murder. Of course, it’s all about intent, but I don’t think the two are the same. I am not justifying what he did before anyone launches on me, simply an observation that I think the two things cannot be compared. You can want an institution to ‘die’ but that is different to saying to want a specific group of people to be set on fire. We shall see what the outcome of this is, but he has stood by himself.
One other thing, I grew up listening to punk. If Glastonbury didn’t want political messages, they really need to not let political musicians play - if an artist is political, you can damn well guarantee they will talk and sing about those politics. You would have thought they would have learnt their lesson when they asked RATM not to sing ‘Fuck you I won’t do what you tell me’ and thought that would be enough to stop them from doing so.