BBC under fire over ‘death to the IDF’ Glastonbury chant – POLITICO

LONDON — Britain’s politicians are piling pressure on the British Broadcasting Corporation after a chant of “death to the IDF” was broadcast live from the Glastonbury music festival.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the U.K.’s publicly-funded broadcaster “needs to explain” why a livestream remained on air after the frontman of punk duo Bob Vylan led crowds Saturday in a chant of “death, death” to the Israel Defense Forces.

Starmer’s Skills Minister Jacqui Smith said Monday morning that Bob Vylan’s behavior had “undoubtedly crossed a line” and the police should investigate whether any of the language was criminal.