Eamonn Holmes and Nigel Farage clashed with black activist Femi Oluwole on This Morning - here’s what happened

By Stephanie Rendall
Published 26th Aug 2020, 13:30 BST
Updated 26th Aug 2020, 13:30 BST
Several viewers took to Twitter to criticise Eamonn Holmes’s line of questioning, and showed an outpouring of support for Oluwole. (Getty)Several viewers took to Twitter to criticise Eamonn Holmes’s line of questioning, and showed an outpouring of support for Oluwole. (Getty)
Several viewers took to Twitter to criticise Eamonn Holmes’s line of questioning, and showed an outpouring of support for Oluwole. (Getty)

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This Morning host Eamonn Holmes has clashed with political activist Femi Oluwole over the recent controversy surrounding songs with colonial references, such as Rule Britannia.

Nigel Farage also took part in the debate, which aired on Tuesday 25 August.

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What started the controversy around the songs?

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    On Tuesday it was announced that orchestral versions of Rule Britannia and Land Of Hope And Glory will be performed at the BBC Proms, in order to adapt to the government's safety rules against public singing as part of the fight against coronavirus.

    This came after The Sunday Times had speculated that the songs could face the axe this year, due to associations with colonialism and slavery.

    What did Femi Oluwole say?

    Speaking on the daytime show, This Morning, activist Femi Oluwole suggested the discussion around such songs in the Proms were being used to deflect from the wider issue of racism in the UK, and the racist comments Boris Johnson has made.

    Oluwole said, "This narrative is being driven by the BBC, the same BBC that took two weeks to apologise for using the N-word on a live news broadcast.”

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