James Blunt said Brexit won’t change lives and he hit the wrong note with lots of people
James Blunt is very popular on Twitter but the singer is less appealing, it would appear, when it comes to current affairs, and one current affair in particular.
We only say this after he gave an interview to the Independent in which he said the country should ‘get the fuck on’ with Brexit because it’s not going to change people’s lives anyway.
Blunt declined to say which way he voted in the referendum because he didn’t want to be given a ‘label’ but he’s been given one anyway after he said this about Brexit.
“I think it’s pretty much bullshit. It’s all a political thing. I’m going to carry on touring through Europe whatever happens. Rather than having a title on it, my call to arms would be ‘get the fuck on with it’, because our lives aren’t going to change. My tour manager is going to be pissed off he has to fill in a few more forms, but whatever you do, get on with it, because the limbo is killing us.”
And it’s fair to say it didn’t go down entirely well with everyone. Here are our 4 favourite responses.
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A lot of people unaccountable shocked that privately educated millionaire James Blunt is pro-Brexit.
— Mark Hebden (@unionlib) October 21, 2019
James Blunt wants the UK to "Get the F*** on with Brexit because our lives aren't going to change." A reminder: James Blunt is married to Sofia Wellesley, grand-daughter of the Duke of Wellington. So yeah — they'll probably be all right, come what may. https://t.co/ZxhRTZDku3
— Ellin Stein (@ellinst) October 20, 2019
James Blunt is absolutely right – Brexit is not going to change the lives of public school educated millionaires like us.https://t.co/JQNs5M3dNu
— Parody Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson_MP) October 21, 2019
Last word to Blunt himself.
Out 25th Oct. https://t.co/32jCIuxL7V https://t.co/S5foRvDBvK
— James Blunt (@JamesBlunt) October 14, 2019
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