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Tue 30 September 2025 16:00, UK <\/p>\n
When it comes to the end of 2025, and the BBC<\/a> executives are sitting with their feet up in front of the fire, drinking a warm glass of something I probably can\u2019t afford, will they stare into the embers, reflecting on this past year as a success or a failure?<\/p>\n Because it\u2019s been quite the year for censorship in the Western world. We\u2019ve trodden on a tight-rope above our liberties with a distinct lack of dexterity, on both sides of the political spectrum, and this summer, the tension around that discourse seemed to climax at the broadcaster\u2019s golden goose:\u00a0Glastonbury<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n As the Kneecap police charges rolled on, the question over whether or not the Irish three-piece would perform or not became increasingly volatile. When the festival rightly defended the band\u2019s place to express themselves on stage, they fanned the flames of trepidation, only for Bob Vylan to sneak in the back door and pour petrol all over it<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n The entire saga threw into question when and where the line of broadcasting censorship should be introduced. Sure, age ratings and watersheds are perfectly fine examples of moderate regulation, but outrightly silencing musicians whose aim is largely to highlight human rights violations has obviously felt like murky waters for an entire society to paddle in. <\/p>\n But while it may have felt like uncharted territory for political broadcasting in this deeply volatile year, it\u2019s certainly not the first time the BBC have intervened when it comes to music censorship. Some of the most well-known songs in musical history have been wiped from the airwaves, in a means of tempering wider anti-establishment discourse. And what band screams anti-establishment more than the rest? It is, of course, The Sex Pistols.\u00a0<\/p>\n