The Metropolitan Police will take no further action against punk rapper Bobby Vylan after investigating his chant of “death, death to the IDF” at an Al Quds Day demonstration in central London on 15 March. Police said they sought early advice from the Crown Prosecution Service before reaching the decision, while acknowledging concern within London’s Jewish communities; the case highlights continuing debate over protest speech, antisemitism and policing.

Vylan, whose real name is Pascal Robinson-Foster, repeated a chant associated with Bob Vylan’s controversial 2025 Glastonbury performance, which prompted condemnation and subsequent event cancellations. Twelve people were arrested during the March demonstration, though the article does not say those arrests related to his chanting; a separate police investigation into the Glastonbury incident also ended without further action.