00:00So, London's wireless festival is officially cancelled and Kanye West has been blocked from entering the country.
00:09Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the gold digger rapper, who has used Nazi imagery and faced accusations of anti
00:17-Semitism, should never have been invited to headline the festival.
00:21A statement from organiser Festival Republic read the Home Office has withdrawn Ye's ETA, denying him entry into the United
00:32Kingdom, adding that as a result, wireless festival is cancelled and refunds will be issued to all ticket holders.
00:40The headline sets provoked calls for the rapper to be banned from the UK because of his behaviour, which has
00:48included releasing a song called Heil Hitler and advertising a swastika t-shirt for sale on his website.
00:55West made an application to travel to the UK on Monday via an electronic travel authorisation, but the Home Office
01:04stopped him on the grounds that his presence in the UK would not be conducive to the public good.
01:10It is understood West's ETA was initially granted online before ministers intervened.
01:17Phil Rosenberg, President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, said the group would be willing to meet with
01:24West if he pulled out of wireless.
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