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Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom has said it will not formally investigate a performance by Diversity on Britain’s Got Talent. The broadcasting watchdog received about 24,500 complaints about the dance act’s Black Lives Matter routine.

@prozakuk said: “That’s a shame. I complained for two reasons:1. Conflating US issues with UK issues stifles progress. 2. The majority of UK citizens are not racist. The narrative is bringing race consciousness to the fore. Instead we need to treat all equally and see skin colour as unimportant.”

@Minty14 posted: “I guarantee that the cry babies masking their racism with ‘politics should be kept out of entertainment’ will be outraged the first time someone appears on The One Show without wearing a poppy six weeks before Remembrance Day.”

@Adrian_tribe commented: “Imagine complaining about the fight against racism and inequality. Weird people out there.” @barnstormed asked: “What would they have investigated them for exactly?”

@iancharris replied: Whether the act of violence, even if simulated, was appropriate for a programme aimed at a family audience? Why was a warning not announced before the part of the show that it appeared in like they do for acts of violence or inappropriate language?”

@andyjd23 said: “I just watched this. I honestly don’t know what people are up in arms about. I thought the wider message and routine was actually brilliant.”

@Leesmith2000 commented: “People don’t really want political propaganda thrown at them on a Saturday night entertainment show.”

@bransbyleah posted: “There’s was nothing for them to investigate. People are being triggered over a dance man but it’s my generation who are the snowflakes.”

@Dannyhods added: “Common sense wins again. Now move on.”