Rod Stewart gives scathing verdict on Tories and says Labour 'deserve a crack'

09 February 2024 , 13:43

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Sir Rod Stewart said Boris Johnson had been 'found out and things haven't got much better since' (Image: Getty Images)

Sir Rod Stewart has said that Keir Starmer “deserves a crack” at running the country.

The former Tory supporter raised concerns about how the Conservative party had switched Prime Minister twice without giving voters a say.

The Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? singer said: “Keir Starmer and Labour deserve a crack at it. If there was anyone else we could vote for, then maybe, but they should be given a shot. I live here [in the UK] now. I didn't used to. And I see what the Conservatives get up to.”

Sir Rod, who was speaking in an interview with The Times, added: “Well, I liked Boris Johnson. He was a good figurehead, but he turned out to be a lying f***ing public schoolboy. He got found out and things haven't been much better since.

“How many Prime Ministers have we had that haven't been voted for? What's all that about?"

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Sir Rod made headlines last January when he rang in to a phone-in on Sky News to complain about the state of the NHS. He said he backed striking NHS workers who "aren't asking for a great deal" and said it was time to "change the bloody Government".

He said: "I personally have been a Tory for a long time, but I think this Government should stand down now and give the Labour Party a go at it because this is heart-breaking for the nurses, it really is heart-breaking.

"In all my years of living in this country I’ve never seen it so bad and anything I can do to help. Go on, the nurses. I’m on your side.”

Sir Rod, who said he was able to pay for his family to get private healthcare, said the NHS needed to be rebuilt with "billions and billions" of pounds. "This is a bad time," he said. "Change the bloody Government."

He also offered to pay for 10 to 20 scans for people stuck on waiting lists. The veteran hitmaker said he called in because he had been listening to sad stories from callers on Sky News while he was working on his model railway.

Sir Rod left the UK in 1975 and moved to Los Angeles to avoid paying the top rate of tax, which at the time was 83p in the pound. But he returned after nearly 40 years in 2014, so his kids could be educated in the UK.

John Stevens