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Guitar maestro Johnny Marr slammed British Prime Minister David Cameron back in his hometown, after the tories announced proposed cuts to disability funding.
Marr is currently on the road throughout the UK on his headline tour, playing two consecutive nights this week at Manchester’s Albert Hall. Cameron has also been in Manchester, unloading several barrels of nonsense at the Conservative Party conference.
During Wednesday's show, Marr described Cameron's call for cuts to disability funding as "inhuman" after it was reported that the Tories plan to cut disabled benefits by £30 a week. Great governing. "Hello Mr Cameron, it's Johnny Boy. You know Johnny, from The Smiths - that band you like so much. No, not 'Going Underground', 'This Charming Man'...etc etc," Marr said during the show.
"Seeing as you're in our city I'd just like to ask you about the Brentwood school for disabled children in South Manchester. I want to ask you why autistic children between [the ages] 16 and 19 have had school buses cut because of your cutbacks. Do you know what it means for an autistic girl to have to get on a public bus to go to school every single fucking day?"
Marr carried on: "It is inhuman. This is not fair. This is not the way we want to do things in Manchester, whether you are a red or a blue, a Tory or if you are Labour. We don't do things like that up here, Mr Cameron, because we are fair and we're Mancunians."
Marr then dedicated a cover of The Primitives' 'Crash' to Cameron, singing: "Shut your mouth 'cos I'm not listening any how, I've had enough of you, enough to last a lifetime through".
Watch the moment below
Johnny Marr’s management company strongly hinted earlier this week that they declined a request from David Cameron for some free gig tickets.
On Twitter, Marr’s management company Trust Management suggested that they’d received a request for guest list tickets to one of Marr’s concerts from a "HIGH profile person who’s working in Manchester this week!!!" We’d have loved for footage to emerge of Cameron wading through the crowd, rolling into a ball after being greeted with a wave of pig related insults.
Marr releases his new solo live album 'Adrenalin Baby' today (9 October).
Marr is continuing his UK tour throughout the month. Check out his dates below and click here for tickets and more information.
OCTOBER
4 – Oxford, O2 Academy
5 – Birmingham, Institute
7 – Manchester, Albert Hall
10 – Rockaway Beach Festival, Bognor Regis
11 – Newcastle, University
13 – Inverness, Ironworks
14 – Edinburgh, Liquid Rooms
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