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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Casey Cooper-Fisk

Badenoch says BBC would be ‘rewarding extremism’ with Kneecap Glastonbury coverage

Kneecap’s Liam Og O hAnnaidh (centre) with bandmates leaving Westminster Magistrates’ Court (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Wire)

Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative Party leader, has publicly stated her belief that the BBC "should not be showing" Irish rap group Kneecap’s performance at Glastonbury Festival next week.

Her intervention follows the recent court appearance of Kneecap member Liam Og O hAnnaidh, who was charged on Wednesday for allegedly displaying a flag in support of the proscribed terrorist organisation Hezbollah and chanting "up Hamas, up Hezbollah" during a gig in November last year.

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