this post was submitted on 24 Feb 2026
169 points (98.3% liked)

UK Politics

5370 readers
121 users here now

General Discussion for politics in the UK.
Please don't post to both !uk_politics@feddit.uk and !unitedkingdom@feddit.uk .
Pick the most appropriate, and put it there.

Posts should be related to UK-centric politics, and should be either a link to a reputable news source for news, or a text post on this community.

Opinion pieces are also allowed, provided they are not misleading/misrepresented/drivel, and have proper sources.

If you think "reputable news source" needs some definition, by all means start a meta thread. (These things should be publicly discussed)

Posts should be manually submitted, not by bot. Link titles should not be editorialised.

Disappointing comments will generally be left to fester in ratio, outright horrible comments will be removed.
Message the mods if you feel something really should be removed, or if a user seems to have a pattern of awful comments.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
tom@feddit.uk
GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk
flamingos@feddit.uk
frankPodmore@slrpnk.net
169
BBC faces backlash for airing N-word but cutting "free Palestine" from speech at Baftas (www.middleeasteye.net)
submitted 2 days ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk
12 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Whilst acclaimed Sinners stars Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo were presenting an award in the early minutes of the ceremony, a member of the audience with Tourette syndrome shouted a racial slur, which seemed to be heard by the actors on stage as well as clearly on the broadcast.

The ceremony's host, Alan Cumming, had told the audience earlier on that a campaigner for people with Tourette syndrome - a neurological disorder characterised by sudden, involuntary movements or sounds - was in attendence.

The cut portion of the speech included: "to all those whose parents migrated to obtain a better life for their children, to the economic migrant, the conflict migrant, those under occupation, dictatorship, persecution and those experiencing genocide, you matter, your stories matter more than ever.

"Your dreams are an act of resistance. To those watching at home, archive your loved ones, archive your stories, yesterday, today and forever. For Nigeria, for London, the Congo, Sudan, free Palestine."

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I can't see the article at home, but when I access the BBC at work, they have an apology for airing the slur. I didn't read it. I assumed one got past their censor, figured "it happened, their people didn't say it, honest mistake."

Either they retracted the apology, or they show me different stories depending on where I access from. There being more to it lends credence to the former. (It's also been like 18 hours since I saw the story on their homepage, but still, if it were a genuine apology, it would stick around for more than 1 day.)

We like to dump on the US's platform of Israeli support, but the UK has been dumping on Palestine for a while. I'm not saying either is better (or worse), it's ugly on both sides of the pond.

The tried and true defence of Israel is always to claim antisemitism, but we must stand equal to Jews, Christians, Muslims, Atheists, and all the others alike, but also have the courage to speak out against genocide and other war crimes, regardless of who is doing them.

[–] deHaga@feddit.uk 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, it didn't show up when I went back to work, so I figured it probably just fell off the front page. I didn't know where to go to look at their older articles. But yes, that is the headline I saw.