Sir Rod Stewart has mentioned that Keir Starmer “deserves a crack” at working the nation.
The former Tory supporter raised considerations about how the Conservative social gathering had switched Prime Minister twice with out giving voters a say.
The Do Ya Think I’m Sexy? singer mentioned: “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 talking 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?”
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 mentioned he was capable of pay for his household to get personal healthcare, mentioned the NHS wanted to be rebuilt with “billions and billions” of pounds. “This is a nasty 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.