Sky Sports were forced to dub over darts fans who were loudly singing offensive chants about Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday night.
During Stephen Bunting’s World Grand Prix clash with Danny Noppert, a large group of spectators could be heard chanting ‘Keir Starmer’s a w*****r’ to the tune of Seven Nation Army.
The broadcaster reacted swiftly to censor the chant by playing generic crowd noise.
The general public’s view of Starmer has worsened significantly since he began his tenure as Prime Minister in July last year — and his lack of popularity was clearly on display at the darts.
Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ satisfaction ratings have reached historic lows in the latest IPSOS survey, with Reform UK leading Labour by 12 points in the polls.
The incident at the darts quickly went viral online as several fans took to social media to express their discontent and displeasure towards Starmer.
Sky Sports dubbed over darts fans who loudly sang offensive chants about Keir Starmer
Fans chanted ‘Keir Starmer is a w*****r’ during Stephen Bunting’s clash with Danny Noppert
Far-right activist Tommy Robinson was among those to share the incident on social media
Tommy Robinson, one of the UK’s most prominent far-right activists who organised last month’s Unite the Kingdom Rally attended by a reported 150,000 protestors in London, shared a video of the incident on his X account.
The march was the UK’s biggest ever far-right protest and was staged days after American conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated aged 31 while debating students at a university in Utah.
Bunting crashed out of the World Grand Prix with a shock defeat against Noppert, who triumphed 3-1 against the 40-year-old fan favourite to advance to the quarter-finals.
Elsewhere, Luke Humphries also progressed to the last eight with a comfortable 3-1 victory over Krzysztof Ratajski.
