POLL: Should BBC boss Tim Davie be sacked after Glastonbury scandal?

BBC director general Tim Davie is facing new calls to be axed after it was revealed he was at Glastonbury Festival during Israel protests. The BBC boss has been warned his position is "untenable" and that confidence in the broadcaster is crumbling under his watch. Viewers were outraged over the airing of chants of "death, death to the IDF (Israel's Defence Force)" by Bob Vylan singer Pascal Robinson-Foster - who performs under the stage name Bobby Vylan.

Now, former policing minister Sir Mike Penning has urged Mr Davie not to delay his exit. In an exclusive interview with Daily Express, he warned: "He needs to wake up and smell the coffee. His position is completely untenable." So what do you think? Vote in our poll and join the debate in the comments secion. Can't see the poll below? Click here.

Former Brexit minister David Jones added: "Glastonbury is simply the latest in a string of blunders by Tim Davie: the mishandled Huw Edwards scandal, the Lineker suspension fiasco, and a damning workplace culture review.

"Under Davie, trust has collapsed and the BBC looks slow, reactive, and politically compromised. Staff are disillusioned. Viewers are walking. Accountability starts at the top - and Davie's position is no longer tenable. The BBC needs a reset. Tim Davie should go."

It is reported Mr Davie was on a visit to meet staff at the festival on Saturday (June 29) and was told that Bobby Vylan, one half of the British rap punk duo, led the crowd in chants which also included "Free, free Palestine".

A BBC spokesperson said at the time: "The director general was informed of the incident after the performance and at that point he was clear it should not feature in any other Glastonbury coverage.

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis has condemned "the airing of vile Jew-hatred" and the BBC's "belated and mishandled response". The Bob Vylan group later said in a statement: "We are not for the death of Jews, Arabs, or any other race or group of people. We are for the dismantling of a violent machine."

The BBC came under fire for livestreaming the performance on iPlayer with on-screen warnings about discriminatory language. The broadcaster admitted in a statement that "one performance within our livestreams included comments that were deeply offensive". It said it should have "pulled the stream during the performance."