Cabinet Office confirms to CAA that request to withdraw Wiley’s MBE is now being reviewed, as CAA also launches Parliamentary petition for racists to be stripped of their honours automatically
The Cabinet Office has confirmed to Campaign Against Antisemitism that it is now reviewing Wiley’s MBE, in response to a letter that we wrote to the Honours Forfeiture Committee calling for the antisemitic grime rapper to be stripped of the honour.
In a letter from the Cabinet Office, the Honours and Appointments Secretariat has advised that the Honours Forfeiture Committee “is able to consider cases for a variety of reasons,” including “being found guilty of a criminal offence” and “behaviour that is deemed to bring the honours system into disrepute”.
The letter went on to confirm that the Committee is acting on Campaign Against Antisemitism’s representations and has opened a case.
Additionally, in a departure for the Committee, which normally does not publish its decisions, the letter confirmed that Campaign Against Antisemitism will be kept informed of progress.
Campaign Against Antisemitism has also launched a Parliamentary petition for racists to be stripped of their honours automatically. The petition can be signed here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/333141/
Campaign Against Antisemitism has also written to the Ivors Academy calling for Wiley’s 2019 Ivors Inspiration Award to be rescinded.
Moreover, Campaign Against Antisemitism has called for Wiley to be prosecuted and stands ready to take legal action if the authorities do not.
Wiley has also been banned from Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube after using the platforms to incite racial hatred against Jews.