Government 'not satisfied' with BBC response on Bob Vylan, Demands Accountability

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UK Government Demands Accountability from BBC over Bob Vylan Glastonbury Broadcast

 

The UK government has intensified pressure on the BBC following its decision to live stream a Glastonbury performance by punk duo Bob Vylan, during which the artists led a chant of "death, death to the IDF [Israel Defence Forces]." Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy told the House of Commons on Thursday that she is “not satisfied” with the BBC’s response and said she “would expect there to be accountability at the highest levels” within the corporation.

 

The BBC has acknowledged the incident, admitting that the comments made during the live set were “utterly unacceptable” and stating it should have cut the broadcast sooner. The performance remained available on iPlayer for over four hours before being removed, drawing sharp criticism from across the political and public spectrum, including from Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis and broadcast regulator Ofcom, which noted the broadcaster had “questions to answer.”

 

In an internal email to the BBC’s Jewish staff network on Tuesday, Director General Tim Davie condemned the incident unequivocally. “I was, and remain, appalled by Bob Vylan's deeply offensive and totally unacceptable behaviour during his Glastonbury set,” he wrote. “That performance had no place on the BBC, and there is absolutely no place for antisemitism at the BBC.”

 

Bob Vylan have since faced serious consequences. Multiple upcoming performances have been cancelled, including shows in Manchester, France, and Germany. Avon and Somerset Police have opened a criminal investigation into their Glastonbury comments, while London’s Metropolitan Police confirmed that the band is also being investigated for remarks allegedly made during a performance at Alexandra Palace in May.

 

New footage shows that Bob Vylan didn’t just chant “Death to the IDF,” he said “Death to every single IDF soldier out there.”

BREAKING: New footage shows that Bob Vylan didn’t just chant “Death to the IDF,” he said “Death to every single IDF soldier out there.”

This is direct incitement to violence. And includes every single Jewish, Druze, Christian, and Muslim IDF soldier.
pic.twitter.com/sYCOV32TWO

— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) July 2, 2025

This is direct incitement to violence. And includes every single Jewish, Druze, Christian, and Muslim IDF soldier.

 

The culture secretary’s criticism of the BBC did not end with this particular incident. Earlier this week, she referenced what she described as a pattern of “recent editorial failures” at the public broadcaster. Among them is a controversy involving the documentary Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone, which was pulled from iPlayer in February after revelations that it was narrated by the child of a Hamas minister.

 

“When you have one editorial failure, it's something that must be gripped,” Nandy said on Monday. “When you have several, it becomes a problem of leadership.”

 

The BBC is currently conducting a formal review of the Gaza documentary episode and is expected to publish its findings in the near future. Meanwhile, pressure continues to mount on the corporation’s top executives as both government officials and the public demand accountability and clearer editorial standards.

 

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  Adapted by ASEAN Now from BBC  2025-07-04

 

 

[mikeymike100]

The good news is that....."Bob Vylan have since faced serious consequences. Multiple upcoming performances have been cancelled, including shows in Manchester, France, and Germany. Avon and Somerset Police have opened a criminal investigation into their Glastonbury comments, while London’s Metropolitan Police confirmed that the band is also being investigated for remarks allegedly made during a performance at Alexandra Palace in May."

 

The Bad news is that the BBC is still operating its biased network!...." Meanwhile, pressure continues to mount on the corporation’s top executives as both government officials and the public demand accountability and clearer editorial standards.'

 

Nothing will happen to the BBC they are like Teflon!

[Watawattana]

1 hour ago, mikeymike100 said:

Nothing will happen to the BBC they are like Teflon!

So Teflon; have we all missed Tony's name on the Board of Directors or advisors?

[JonnyF]

Labour are simply paying lip service to this. They don't care, they just have to be seen to care. They are not going to do anything to upset their state funded propaganda channel.

 

The irony of watching the middle class idiot festival goers cheering along after the brutal rape/slaughter of festival goers on October 7th that started this round of conflict was obviously lost on them. Absolute clowns. 

[retayl]

As Harry S. Truman said “ free speech exists to protect the speech you don’t like. Not the speech you like. A witchunt against the BBC is unnecessary, it’s a news organisation not a censor. As a result of its broadcast society at large has responded and sent Bobby Vylan back to well deserved obscurity.

[retayl]

11 hours ago, Watawattana said:

So Teflon; have we all missed Tony's name on the Board of Directors or advisors?

 

10 hours ago, JonnyF said:

Labour are simply paying lip service to this. They don't care, they just have to be seen to care. They are not going to do anything to upset their state funded propaganda channel.

 

The irony of watching the middle class idiot festival goers cheering along after the brutal rape/slaughter of festival goers on October 7th that started this round of conflict was obviously lost on them. Absolute clowns. 

 

12 hours ago, mikeymike100 said:

The good news is that....."Bob Vylan have since faced serious consequences. Multiple upcoming performances have been cancelled, including shows in Manchester, France, and Germany. Avon and Somerset Police have opened a criminal investigation into their Glastonbury comments, while London’s Metropolitan Police confirmed that the band is also being investigated for remarks allegedly made during a performance at Alexandra Palace in May."

 

The Bad news is that the BBC is still operating its biased network!...." Meanwhile, pressure continues to mount on the corporation’s top executives as both government officials and the public demand accountability and clearer editorial standards.'

 

Nothing will happen to the BBC they are like Teflon!

I refer my “learned friends” to my post above.

[josephbloggs]

10 hours ago, JonnyF said:

Labour are simply paying lip service to this. They don't care, they just have to be seen to care. They are not going to do anything to upset their state funded propaganda channel.

 

The irony of watching the middle class idiot festival goers cheering along after the brutal rape/slaughter of festival goers on October 7th that started this round of conflict was obviously lost on them. Absolute clowns. 

I thought cancel culture was lefty woke?

Now it is righty too? Fantastic!

[lamyai3]

They might have had some tour dates and visa permissions cancelled and got dropped by their small label, but they've suddenly become more well known than ever. What was that old saying about no such thing as bad publicity? 

[Nick Carter icp]

7 minutes ago, lamyai3 said:

They might have had some tour dates and visa permissions cancelled and got dropped by their small label, but they've suddenly become more well known than ever. What was that old saying about no such thing as bad publicity? 

 

   Yes, well known , but no USA tour , all UK gigs cancelled .

I am quite sure BV would have preferred to be obscure ala prior to Glastonbury and with a fill gigging schedule ahead 

[mikeymike100]

4 hours ago, lamyai3 said:

They might have had some tour dates and visa permissions cancelled and got dropped by their small label, but they've suddenly become more well known than ever. What was that old saying about no such thing as bad publicity? 

Certainly more well known, but it looks like out of a job?

[mikeymike100]

8 hours ago, retayl said:

As Harry S. Truman said “ free speech exists to protect the speech you don’t like. Not the speech you like. A witchunt against the BBC is unnecessary, it’s a news organisation not a censor. As a result of its broadcast society at large has responded and sent Bobby Vylan back to well deserved obscurity.

I agree with what you say, however free speech had consequences, certainly in the UK.

Lucy Connolly found out the hard way, so did a few others, who are languishing in prison!

There is no witch hunt against the BBC!

[Chomper Higgot]

8 minutes ago, mikeymike100 said:

I agree with what you say, however free speech had consequences, certainly in the UK.

Lucy Connolly found out the hard way, so did a few others, who are languishing in prison!

There is no witch hunt against the BBC!

‘Witch hunt’ is a little over the top, concerted campaign is a better description.

[lamyai3]

11 minutes ago, mikeymike100 said:

Certainly more well known, but it looks like out of a job?

 

Be interesting to see what happens. There's quite divided opinion in the media, and as the initial outrage dies down it looks like there's quite a lot of support for them. Plus they're 10 times better known than they were before. 

[BangkokReady]

20 hours ago, mikeymike100 said:

The good news is that....."Bob Vylan have since faced serious consequences. Multiple upcoming performances have been cancelled, including shows in Manchester, France, and Germany. Avon and Somerset Police have opened a criminal investigation into their Glastonbury comments, while London’s Metropolitan Police confirmed that the band is also being investigated for remarks allegedly made during a performance at Alexandra Palace in May."

 

Yes, this is definitely positive news.  It's unfortunate, though, that the "I heard you want your country back,  Shut the F up" didn't get as much attention.

[Chomper Higgot]

4 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

 

Yes, this is definitely positive news.  It's unfortunate, though, that the "I heard you want your country back,  Shut the F up" didn't get as much attention.

Understandable, folk don’t like to be reminded of their failures.

[SenorTashi]

5 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

 

Yes, this is definitely positive news.  It's unfortunate, though, that the "I heard you want your country back,  Shut the F up" didn't get as much attention.

A poll I saw had 95% voting that they couldn't care less about the IDF part but were very angry about the stfu part. 

 

[BangkokReady]

54 minutes ago, SenorTashi said:

A poll I saw had 95% voting that they couldn't care less about the IDF part but were very angry about the stfu part. 

 

Something bad is going to happen if someone doesn't do something to address these tensions.  And what Starmer is doing is not much at all.

 

There's only so much "You can't say that; that's racist!" that people are going to take.

[SenorTashi]

2 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

 

Something bad is going to happen if someone doesn't do something to address these tensions. 

Call me a conspiracy theorist but lots of people believe that's always been the plan. Not only in the UK but France, Canada, Australia, Germany etc. Just keep annoying the locals til they snap.

[BangkokReady]

12 minutes ago, SenorTashi said:

Call me a conspiracy theorist but lots of people believe that's always been the plan. Not only in the UK but France, Canada, Australia, Germany etc. Just keep annoying the locals til they snap.

 

It sounds crazy to discuss it, but the way they're just ignoring/allowing so many people to just jump on a boat and come in, and instead of trying to stop it, putting them up in hotels, it does make you wonder.

 

I get that people want to be nice to refugees, but it's like no one asked, "What if millions of people pretend to be refugees, when they just want to come to the West and live here for free?  Shouldn't we do something about that?"  Or if they did ask, people just shrugged their shoulders or said "That won't ever happen."

 

It's quite mind-boggling.

[SenorTashi]

14 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

 

 the way they're just ignoring/allowing

 

It's quite mind-boggling.

I've just started following a guy called Th101uk. Him and his mate discovered a fast food business operating out of a home office controlled migrant hotel. That story went mainstream this week. Apparently, the Brit tax payers put them up in hotels while the government give them loads of money and let them work doing deliveries and fast food. Seems like the corruption runs very deep.

[Magictoad]

What a vile, virtue signalling racist  Bob Vylan is but he's not.

He's a posh tw@t with a double barrelled name which he covers up. His real name is

Pascal Robinson-Foster.

Pascal Robinson deserves a good hammering from the Jewish Defence League perhaps the next time he visits Pai or one of the Islands here.

A throughly repellent character who used the Glastonbury stage to organise an anti Jewish chant instead of making music.

And the BBC were there! We're actually there. Live! And they did nothing. Is it any wonder why we hate the BBC so much? And their loathsome TV tax which if don't pay you can put in prison !

G*d rot them!

[JonnyF]

15 hours ago, Magictoad said:

What a vile, virtue signalling racist  Bob Vylan is but he's not.

He's a posh tw@t with a double barrelled name which he covers up. His real name is

Pascal Robinson-Foster.

Pascal Robinson deserves a good hammering from the Jewish Defence League perhaps the next time he visits Pai or one of the Islands here.

A throughly repellent character who used the Glastonbury stage to organise an anti Jewish chant instead of making music.

And the BBC were there! We're actually there. Live! And they did nothing. Is it any wonder why we hate the BBC so much? And their loathsome TV tax which if don't pay you can put in prison !

G*d rot them!

 

Yeah I saw him interviewed. He's a posh private schoolboy who speaks like he's got a plum in his mouth.

 

The fake roadman Jafaican accent is all an act. He's even got the double barreled surname. 

 

Good to see his little hardman act exposed along with his sixth form politics. 

[josephbloggs]

3 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

 

Yeah I saw him interviewed. He's a posh private schoolboy who speaks like he's got a plum in his mouth.

 

The fake roadman Jafaican accent is all an act. He's even got the double barreled surname. 

 

Good to see his little hardman act exposed along with his sixth form politics. 

Two (or three?) words for you: Christopher Yaxley-Lennon. Oh wait, he hasn't got a posh double barreled name has he, because he invented a new one...

Hypocrisy yet again. 

[JonnyF]

12 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

Two (or three?) words for you: Christopher Yaxley-Lennon. Oh wait, he hasn't got a posh double barreled name has he, because he invented a new one...

Hypocrisy yet again. 

 

I can tell you one big difference. 

 

Tommy Robinson is jailed for trying to expose the systemic rape of children.

 

Your boy is cheered by white Liberal idiots for calling for the death of Jews.

 

I think you may have picked the wrong side again. 

 

[Bkk Brian]

50 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

 

I can tell you one big difference. 

 

Tommy Robinson is jailed for trying to expose the systemic rape of children.

 

Your boy is cheered by white Liberal idiots for calling for the death of Jews.

 

I think you may have picked the wrong side again. 

 

He's got a long history, how the BBC did not know about his previous is pure negligence but then did they know?

 

Not only the mass killing of Jews but also UK police:

 

"The only good pig is a dead pig"

 

Newly uncovered footage from the 2023 Rebellion Festival shows Bob Vylan shouting to the crowd: “How do you lot feel about the police? The only good pig is a dead pig.”

Why are artists who openly incite violence still being given a platform?

 

 

[josephbloggs]

6 hours ago, JonnyF said:

 

I can tell you one big difference. 

 

Tommy Robinson is jailed for trying to expose the systemic rape of children.

 

Oh dear oh dear Jonny. Yaxley-Lennon was jailed for contempt of court, nothing to do any rape of children. You really do love to make things up don't you. And Yaxley has pulled the wool right over your eyes if you truly believe he's been jailed for what you say, people like you are ideal followers for him: lapping up anything he can invent, not questioning anything, and - hopefully - donating.

Oh, and the rule about backing up claims with evidence? Here's why he is jailed in case you missed it - it was even reported in one of his favourite mouthpieces:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14010869/Tommy-Robinson-jailed-18-months-contempt-court.html

Where's your evidence to support your claim? 

 

Quote

Your boy is cheered by white Liberal idiots for calling for the death of Jews.

 

I think you may have picked the wrong side again. 

Again with the made up nonsense. "My boy"? Where have I ever said anything about him? Why is he "my boy"?

I'd never heard of him until everyone jumped on this to blame the BBC. Don't care about him, his music, or his opinions. But he does sound like an idiot.

So again, please stop making stuff up - it is so childish. Not everyone is as black and white as you and your ilk. Some of us can objectively form opinions on things without automatically taking a side like you, and some of us have critical thinking abilities. I am left leaning, yet I can criticise Labour and Starmer when I need to. I don't support idiots shouting hatred on stage (although I do think it's been blown out of proportion somewhat and the cancel culture around it is unbelievably hypocritical). Can you say the same?

 

I am yet to see you display any critical thinking at all, just Yaxley is good, Trump is amazing (your sycophancy on this is quite disturbing by the way), Farage is God, Starmer is evil. And you have never ever looked an anything objectively or been even slightly critical of anything on the right, ever.

And you make up opinions for other people which makes it worse.

[Nick Carter icp]

23 hours ago, SenorTashi said:

Call me a conspiracy theorist but lots of people believe that's always been the plan. Not only in the UK but France, Canada, Australia, Germany etc. Just keep annoying the locals til they snap.

 

   If any groups of people  oppose the illegal immigrants they would just be labeled as being far right neo Nazis and they will  be jailed en masse 

[Bkk Brian]

25 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

Oh dear oh dear Jonny. Yaxley-Lennon was jailed for contempt of court, nothing to do any rape of children. You really do love to make things up don't you. And Yaxley has pulled the wool right over your eyes if you truly believe he's been jailed for what you say, people like you are ideal followers for him: lapping up anything he can invent, not questioning anything, and - hopefully - donating.

Oh, and the rule about backing up claims with evidence? Here's why he is jailed in case you missed it - it was even reported in one of his favourite mouthpieces:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14010869/Tommy-Robinson-jailed-18-months-contempt-court.html

Where's your evidence to support your claim? 

 

Again with the made up nonsense. "My boy"? Where have I ever said anything about him? Why is he "my boy"?

I'd never heard of him until everyone jumped on this to blame the BBC. Don't care about him, his music, or his opinions. But he does sound like an idiot.

So again, please stop making stuff up - it is so childish. Not everyone is as black and white as you and your ilk. Some of us can objectively form opinions on things without automatically taking a side like you, and some of us have critical thinking abilities. I am left leaning, yet I can criticise Labour and Starmer when I need to. I don't support idiots shouting hatred on stage (although I do think it's been blown out of proportion somewhat and the cancel culture around it is unbelievably hypocritical). Can you say the same?

 

I am yet to see you display any critical thinking at all, just Yaxley is good, Trump is amazing (your sycophancy on this is quite disturbing by the way), Farage is God, Starmer is evil. And you have never ever looked an anything objectively or been even slightly critical of anything on the right, ever.

And you make up opinions for other people which makes it worse.

Your the one that brought Tommy into a topic that has nothing to do with him.........

[josephbloggs]

1 hour ago, Bkk Brian said:

Your the one that brought Tommy into a topic that has nothing to do with him.........

Yes, as an example to point out the hypocrisy of Jonny who was condemning Vylan for having a double barreled name but trying to pretend he hasn't. Yet he worships Yaxley-Lennon who does the exact same thing. Hypocisy of the highest order. It is perfectly fine to use examples to make a point you know.

And you're jumping in to a discussion between two posters that has nothing to do with you. Just thought I would point that out.

 

Oh, and then the poster came out with an outrageous lie that Yaxley-Lennon was jailed for "trying to expose the systemic rape of children.". So I took him to task on it because it is a ridiculous lie and if he genuinely believes that he has deeper issues than I thought.

Is that not allowed under your forum rules?

[Bkk Brian]

7 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

Yes, as an example to point out the hypocrisy of Jonny who was condemning Vylan for having a double barreled name but trying to pretend he hasn't. Yet he worships Yaxley-Lennon who does the exact same thing. Hypocisy of the highest order. It is perfectly fine to use examples to make a point you know.

And you're jumping in to a discussion between two posters that has nothing to do with you. Just thought I would point that out.

 

Oh, and then the poster came out with an outrageous lie that Yaxley-Lennon was jailed for "trying to expose the systemic rape of children.". So I took him to task on it because it is a ridiculous lie and if he genuinely believes that he has deeper issues than I thought.

Is that not allowed under your forum rules?

Again you are the one that started the off topic discussion on Tommy, disrupting the whole thread, not the poster you were responding to.