“My decision was to get it off on-demand, simple as that. It wasn’t too complicated in my mind — it was deeply disturbing. The BBC made a very significant mistake in broadcasting those words to a broad audience.” The Labour MP James Frith, a member of the culture, media and sport select committee scrutinising the work of the BBC, asked Davie whether sufficient preparation had been carried out before the performance. • Bob Vylan hit out at England, Israel and Reform Frith said: “Any level of due diligence would have seen that they are prolific on matters of race and...