Slowthai: Mercury Prize shortlisting is a blessing | 5 News

► Subscribe to 5 News: http://bit.ly/5NewsSub ► Slowthai has criticised politicians for “only being interested in their CV” and said social media has divided communities while speaking to 5 News from backstage at the Hyundai Mercury Music Prize. His album ‘Nothing Great About Britain’ is shortlisted for the 2019 Hyundai Mercury Prize and the winner will be announced on 19 September. ► #5News #News #Slowthai ► Follow 5 News: Facebook: http://bit.ly/5NewsFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/5NewsTwitter ► About 5 News: Channel 5 News covers the key events of the day with a boldness to often lead on different stories to other news programmes and put people at the heart of its news reports. The flagship programme at 5pm is watched by up to a million viewers, with a later bulletin broadcast at 6.30pm and regular short news updates throughout the day. The Channel 5 News operation is located in a bespoke state-of-the-art newsroom based at Channel 5, linked to ITN's central technical, editorial and corporate infrastructure. ITN changed the TV news landscape when it launched 5 News in 1997, producing Five News for nine years before winning the contract to supply news to Channel 5 again from 2012.