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Can we separate pop from politics?

Ed Sheeran says he tries to keep politics off the stage. But politics gate-crashed his stadium tour anyway -- when the American rapper Macklemore was removed as a support act for delivering a pro-Palestinian speech. Now Sir Bob Geldof, the man behind Live Aid, says Ed Sheeran's p ...  Show more

16/09/2026

Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze 

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