BBC urged to drop UK Eurovision entrant Olly Alexander who called Israel an ‘apartheid state’

The BBC has been urged to drop Britain's entrant at next year's Eurovision Song Contest after it emerged he had signed a letter calling Israel an “apartheid regime”. Olly Alexander, the singer of pop band Years and Years and star of Russell T Davies' TV series It's A Sin, was announced as the UK entrant by the national broadcaster last week. He endorsed a statement by an LGBTQ+ “direct action” pressure group Voices4London, which called for a ceasefire in Gaza and accused Israel of genocide. The letter was published on 20 October amid the ongoing Israeli military response to the 7 October attac…

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