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Listen closely to the Kneecap furore. You’ll hear hypocrisy from all sides | Dorian Lynskey
The band’s rightwing critics are now cancel culture advocates, while defenders demand limitless free speech, says writer and podcaster Dorian Lynskey
Condemnations came thick and fast: Keir Starmer’s spokesperson, the security minister, Dan Jarvis, the Board of Deputies of British Jews and relatives of the murdered MPs Jo Cox and David Amess all denounced the apparent remarks. Pulp, however, never expected the playfully druggy packaging of their 1995 single Sorted for E’s and Wizz to land on the front page of the Daily Mirror with the timeless headline “Ban This Sick Stunt”. The band’s recent statement, while apologising to the families of Cox and Amess and identifying the outrage as part of a broader effort to delegitimise support for Palestine, did not clear things up.
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