Noel Gallagher Hits Back At 'Misleading' Margaret Thatcher Comments

Noel Gallagher has hit back at comments he made about former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher in a recent interview (February 5).

In an article published over the weekend by the Mail On Sunday, Gallagher was quoted as saying,

''Under Thatcher, who ruled us with an iron rod, great art was made. Amazing designers and musicians. Acid house was born. Very colourful and progressive. Now, no one’s got anything to say. 'Write a song? No thanks, I’ll say it on Twitter'. It’s a sad state when more people retweet than buy records.''

"There was a work ethic – if you were unemployed, the obsession was to find work. Now, these kids brought up under the Labour Party and whatever this Coalition thing is, it’s like, 'Forget that, I’m not interested. I wanna be on TV'. It was a different mindset back then."

Yesterday (February 5) the singer took to his blog to explain he was "outraged" that the Mail On Sunday had suggested he was of the opinion that "the years spent under the rule of  Maggie Thatcher, was good for the soul."

I've read the story and I must say it's very misleading; any great working class art, fashion, youth culture etc came to be IN SPITE of that woman and her warped right wing views and NOT BECAUSE of them."

Gallagher added: "Also for the record, on the day that she dies we will party like it's 1989. Just so you know."

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