Queen guitarist Brian May has spoken out ahead of the UK’s upcoming General Election, declaring his disdain for the current Prime Minister David Cameron.
In an interview with Big Issue, May spoke of his political alignment and declared himself “colourblind” when it came to decided which party to vote for this year, though has previously pledged his allegiance to the Green Party. Speaking of his thoughts on the current Conservative government and whether or not they should be re-elected, May said: “I might sound anti-Tory but I would say I’m very anti-David Cameron. He stands for privilege, for the continuation and acceleration in the difference between the extremely rich and extremely poor. I find that iniquitous and almost beyond belief.”
May, an active animal rights advocate and vice-president of RSPCA, stated that many of his opinions on the members of each party had been formed as a result of their policies and campaigns in regards to the treatment of animals, with Cameron in particular coming under fire. One of Cameron’s most unpopular policies as Prime Minister was the expansion of badger culling, and it appears that the PM’s targeting of the animal, including his recent claim that he will look to repeal the fox hunting ban in order to give people the “freedom to hunt”, has attracted the ire of May.
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The guitarist said: “I regard it as one of [my] briefs to make sure that people know that that is what David Cameron stands for, what William Hague stands for, what George Osborne stands for; a return to the old barbaric ways. People who are prepared to ride roughshod over animals are also prepared to ride roughshod over humans. They shouldn’t be the people running our country.
“If the outcome is another David Cameron-led government then we’re back in the saltmines. Like many people, anything but that would be good.”
However, May said that he did support Conservative candidates Henry Smith and Tracey Crouch, as they are “staunch animals advocates” and he believes that “people who have compassion towards animals have compassion towards human beings as well.”
May’s comments come during a tough week for Cameron, who has arguably lost some footing in regards to his battle with Ed Miliband after the Labour leader appeared in an interview with comedian Russell Brand. You can watch that video below:
Voting for the General Election will take place on May 7th, 2015. It was recently announced that voting registration among youths had increased by 70% following the election’s live debate, which was held on ITV earlier this month.
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