Graffiti artist Banksy surprised music lovers and the band Idles by launching an inflatable boat depicting migrants at sea in the crowd during their set at Glastonbury. The inflatable life craft contained dummy people wearing orange lifejackets and was launched during the Bristol punk band's song Danny Nedelko. The boat is a reference to the small boats used by migrants to cross the channel, with migration being a key policy of Rishi Sunak's and the Conservative party.
The song's lyrics open with the following words: "My blood brother is an immigrant, a beautiful immigrant, my blood brother's Freddie Mercury, a Nigerian mother of three, he's made of bones, he's made of blood, he's made of flesh, he's made of love. "He's made of you, he's made of me, unity. Fear leads to panic, panic leads to pain, pain leads to anger, anger leads to hate.
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