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Jun 30
27m 53s

Post Glasto Drop: Kneecap, Censorship & ...

Graeme Smith
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As the Glastonbury Festival heatwave rolls on, the political outrage is just warming up. 


Graeme and Nick Charles unpack Kneecap's headline-grabbing set and the pearl-clutching reaction from MPs and a media desperate to censor a culture they don’t understand. 


Did The 1975 let us down with the announcement mid set they didn't want to do politics.. to only then go and sing a load of inherently political songs. There's also Bob Vylan and the stage chants that got police attention. 


Are we all compelled to comment on the issues tearing the world apart, or is it ok to sit things out like The 1975 tried do?


Then it’s onto porn in crisis: with gay adult performer Austin Wolf facing child porn and sex offence charges, we ask why mainstream porn is getting darker, more extreme, and frankly bizarre.


And as if on cue, a Tory peer wants to appoint a Minister for Porn. We’d just call them what they are: the Minister for Wanks

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