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<\/p>\nThe Irish group took to social media hours after the Prime Minister spoke at a lectern in Downing Street on Monday morning.<\/p>\n
Lauren Del Fabbro, Press Association Entertainment Reporter<\/p>\n
18:43, 22 Jun 2026<\/p>\n
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Kneecap<\/p>\n
Rap trio Kneecap<\/a> have bid Sir Keir Starmer farewell in Irish after he announced his resignation as leader of the Labour Party.<\/p>\n The Irish group took to social media<\/a> hours after the Prime Minister spoke at a lectern in Downing Street<\/a> on Monday morning.<\/p>\n Made up of rapper Liam Og O hAnnaidh, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara, Naoise O Caireallain and JJ O Dochartaigh, the group are known for their politically-driven music and social commentary, often chanting \u201cFree Palestine\u201d during their gigs.<\/p>\n The group shared a video on Instagram captioned \u201cSl\u00e1n Keir\u201d which means goodbye or farewell in Irish.<\/p>\n The video appears to mock the Prime Minister and his time at number 10, and features clips of Sir Keir criticising the trio, including him saying that what they stand for and say is \u201ccompletely intolerable\u201d.<\/p>\n Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer makes a speech in Downing Street, London, as he said he will resign as leader of the Labour Party(Image: Andrew Matthews\/PA Wire)<\/p>\n It cuts to a compilation of the group performing across the country, including their set at Glastonbury and chanting \u201cf*** Keir Starmer\u201d before cutting back to a slowed-down, black and white version of the video of the Prime Minister with the words \u201ccompletely intolerable\u201d appearing in red over his face.<\/p>\n Sir Keir\u2019s comments in the video were made after a terror charge against rapper Mo Chara, who was accused of displaying a flag in support of proscribed terror organisation Hezbollah at a gig in north London, was thrown out last year.<\/p>\n Chief magistrate Paul Goldspring ruled that the proceedings were \u201cinstituted unlawfully\u201d with the decision upheld earlier this year by two judges at the High Court following an appeal by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).<\/p>\n Kneecap released the single Liars Tale earlier this year where they criticised Sir Keir\u2019s stance on Israel\u2019s military offensive in Gaza and relationship to the US as well as saying he is \u201cnothing but a Tory\u201d.<\/p>\n The lyrics in Liars Tale include \u201cyou\u2019re not getting away with doing nothing\u201d and \u201cf*** Keir Starmer, Netanyahu\u2019s bitch and genocide armer\u201d.<\/p>\n For all the latest news, visit the Belfast Live homepage here<\/a> and sign up to our daily newsletter<\/a> here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Irish group took to social media hours after the Prime Minister spoke at a lectern in Downing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":575794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,420,3703,2053,128,56,735,54,55],"class_list":["post-652981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-keir-starmer","tag-kneecap","tag-labour-party","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-uk-government","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=652981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Prime](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0_01KVQ7SHBP7T1ETFX9VBWPD9VZ.jpg\")
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