Séamas O'Reilly: We are talking about Kneecap while more than 50,000 Palestinians have died

Punk and hip-hop bands have been singing about killing queens and presidents for decades

One main reason I didn’t want to talk about Kneecap is because none of this is new, and pretending it is makes me feel insane. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

I didn't want to talk about Kneecap this week, but here we are. Barring their film, which I greatly enjoyed, I know next to nothing about them. Except, of course, for the controversies that have been swirling around them of late.

The latest has been this week’s storm over their chanting of violent slogans, specifically “the only good Tory is a dead Tory”, and “kill your MP”.