Kanye West’s permission to enter the UK ‘under review by ministers’ as Wireless backlash grows

> Permission for Kanye West to enter the UK is currently being reviewed by ministers, Sky News understands, following mounting pressure over his booking as the headline act for Wireless Festival.

> It comes as another commercial partner distanced itself from the festival on Monday amid strong criticism over the US rapper’s previous antisemitic comments, including from the prime minister.

> Calls have been growing for Wireless organisers to cancel the booking and for the government to ban the rapper from entering the country, after it was announced last week that he would headline all three nights of the event in London in July.

> While the government has not been made aware of immediate plans for West to travel to the UK, his permission to enter is currently being reviewed by ministers.

> Sky News also understands trhat Rockstar Energy has withdrawn its sponsorship, after Pepsi and Diageo pulled out at the weekend.

> Prime Minister Keir Starmer said it was “deeply concerning” that West had been booked “despite his previous antisemitic remarks and celebration of Nazism”.

> The Conservative Party is among those calling on the government to refuse entry to the UK.

> Shadow home secretary Chris Philp described the musician’s previous comments as “not a one-off lapse, but a pattern of behaviour that has caused real offence and distress to Jewish communities”.

> He added: “At a time when antisemitism is rising in the UK, allowing someone with his track record to headline a major public event sends entirely the wrong message.”

honestly this is what happens when celebrity culture meets politics

either you treat entry rules consistently or you dont and it becomes a pr mess every time a controversial famous person turns up

if theres a genuine legal reason to block him then do it if not then the “under review” headlines are just fuel for more drama and free marketing

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