
Sam Fender led a chant of “Fuck The Tories” at this 12 months’s TRNSMT Festival – you possibly can watch footage of the second beneath.
Within the video, Fender will be seen main the mantra with the gang becoming a member of in alongside him throughout his efficiency on the Glasgow pageant final Friday (July 8).
Beforehand, Fender has been outspoken about his dislike of Conservative management.
Speaking to NME for a Big Read last year, Fender stated he might by no means vote for the social gathering, regardless of seeing voters from the north switching allegiance within the final normal election.
“The polarity between the left and the precise has me feeling like I’ve no identification,” Fender instructed NME. “I’m clearly left-wing, however you lose hope don’t you? Left-wing politics has misplaced its predominant votership; it doesn’t take care of working-class individuals the best way that it used to. Blyth Valley voted Tory simply north of right here. Now, that’s saying one thing! We’re in dire straits when a fucking shipbuilding city is voting for the Tories – it’s like foxes voting for the hunter.”
He continued: “I’m like, ‘What the fuck is happening?’ I perceive it, although. I’d by no means vote for the bastards as a result of I fucking hate them and I do know what they’re as much as, however I get why individuals don’t really feel any allegiance to left-wing politics after they’re working-class.”
You possibly can watch the second at TRNSMT with Fender right here:
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Fender’s chant came a day after Boris Johnson resigned as Prime Minister.
The PM introduced his resignation exterior Quantity 10 Downing Avenue after virtually three years in energy.
His resignation got here within the wake of the departure of the previous Health Secretary Sajid Javid and the former Chancellor Rishi Sunak and the resignations of over 50 MPs.
He confirmed the method to nominate a brand new chief will now start, with a timetable to be set out this week. It isn’t clear precisely, nevertheless, when he’ll go away Quantity 10 for the ultimate time.
Reacting to the information, Labour chief Sir Keir Starmer wrote on Twitter that “it was excellent news for the nation that Boris Johnson has resigned as Prime Minister”.
Figures from the worlds of music and entertainment have additionally been sharing their reactions, with Years & Years frontman Olly Alexander tweeting: “Very glad to see Boris go now I’d like all of the Conservatives to go subsequent.”
Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess, in the meantime, retweeted Johnson’s submit from January 2020 that learn: “That is going to be a unbelievable 12 months for Britain.” He captioned it: “Yep.”