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Should Keir Starmer ban Kanye West from coming to the UK?

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MartavTaurus Tue 07-Apr-26 11:18:11

Kanye West has been booked to perform at a concert in London despite his previous antisemitic remarks and celebration of Nazism.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwywnkdn3zno

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Galaxy Sat 11-Apr-26 11:11:00

It is just a word I used. I, as anyone on here would know, tend not to follow fashion or the 'in' thing.

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MartavTaurus Sat 11-Apr-26 11:23:26

Galaxy

It is just a word I used. I, as anyone on here would know, tend not to follow fashion or the 'in' thing.

👍 😆
It's a good one all round!

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Chocolatelovinggran Sat 11-Apr-26 12:40:13

So, as I understand it, if Mr Starmer allows Mr West to come to Britain, he has " no backbone", and if he refuses entry, he is "performative".
Is there anything he could do regarding this gentleman which would meet with the approval of these posters?
Perhaps they could suggest something?

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Doodledog Sat 11-Apr-26 16:42:56

That seems to be about the size of it. It's been like this since the GE. I can't be bothered to engage with it any more.

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Galaxy Sat 11-Apr-26 18:31:52

From what I can see, the majority of people on this thread support starmers decisions, it is

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Galaxy Sat 11-Apr-26 18:33:08

Oops. Support Starmers decision, it is therefore fine to have opinions that don't support him on this issue.

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Oreo Sat 11-Apr-26 18:58:38

Galaxy

Yes ferry, I can pretend I don't know if that is what you want. People know fine well what is influencing the rise in antisemitism in this country. It is not
Kanye west.
It is a mixture of Islamic extremism and the 'progressives' excusing/ tolerating that.

Well I certainly agree with that!

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Doodledog Sat 11-Apr-26 21:22:42

I don’t think people are saying that KW is responsible for antisemitism, but he certainly tries to perpetuate it, which is why I think KS made the right decision in banning him. Doing so won’t make it go away, but perfect shouldn’t be the enemy of good, and banning him was a good thing IMO. If nothing else it shows that his behaviour is not sanctioned by the state.

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Anniebach Sat 11-Apr-26 22:08:45

Doodledog 👏👏👏

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Basgetti Sun 12-Apr-26 11:27:21

Galaxy

Oops. Support Starmers decision, it is therefore fine to have opinions that don't support him on this issue.

Does that mean you don’t support the ban?

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Witzend Sun 12-Apr-26 11:39:46

Doodledog

I don’t think people are saying that KW is responsible for antisemitism, but he certainly tries to perpetuate it, which is why I think KS made the right decision in banning him. Doing so won’t make it go away, but perfect shouldn’t be the enemy of good, and banning him was a good thing IMO. If nothing else it shows that his behaviour is not sanctioned by the state.

Agreed.

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Anniebach Sun 12-Apr-26 13:21:12

Why say “ I like Jewish people” ?

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