Allies of BBC chief Tim Davie fear latest controversy may damage his leadership

Tue, 01 Jul 2025

Fallout from Bob Vylan Glastonbury set to be compounded by other controversies the corporation faces

Allies of Tim Davie fear a mounting list of problems could affect his leadership of the BBC for weeks to come, as Labour continues to press the corporation over its livestreaming of Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury performance.

Lisa Nandy, the culture secretary, is understood to have presented BBC executives with a list of questions about the handling of the event at a meeting on Tuesday. It comes after Bobby Vylan, whose real name is Pascal Robinson-Foster, one of the punk-rap duo, led chants of “Death, death to the IDF”, referring to the Israel Defense Forces, on Saturday.