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Rachel Hall

UK minister says Kanye West should not perform at Wireless festival

Rapper Kanye West speaks during meeting with U.S. President Trump at the White House in Washington
Kanye West has been criticised for making a series of antisemitic remarks, including voicing admiration for Hitler. Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

A senior UK government minister has said Kanye West should be barred from performing at Wireless festival because of his “completely unacceptable and absolutely disgusting” antisemitic remarks.

Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, said she could not comment on whether ministers should heed calls to ban West from entering the country, but said there was “no place for that kind of hatred, bigotry or antisemitism”.

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