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Queen: Brian May blasts Boris Johnson's 'APPALLING' behaviour as he takes aim at Brexit


Queen guitarist Brian May aired his political grievances on Instagram last night, telling his 2 million followers he was “disgusted” with the ITV debate which aired earlier this week. Despite hitting out at Boris Johnson, the rocker revealed he couldn’t bring himself to vote for Jeremy Corbyn either.

“Was anyone else disgusted with the ITV ‘debate’ between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn?” the Queen star asked.

“Every time Boris refused to shut up and kept repeating the same dumb phrases he’s been primed to parrot by his PR department, I found myself shouting at the car radio!

“Appalling behaviour. Insulting to our intelligence,” he added. “But the most ridiculous thing of all to me was the fact that ITV had ignored the fact that roughly half of the country do not want to leave Europe, and these two blokes were effectively both on the same side of the argument!

“There is no getting away from the fact that this election is largely about Brexit, and ITV presented us with a farcical debate which did not even address the issue of whether we should be cutting these international ties or not.”

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May continued: “In my view? Pathetic. I approve of a lot of Corbyn’s philosophy and pursuit of fairness — his manifesto makes a lot of sense to me, long term.

“But right now I would find it impossible to vote for EITHER of these men,” he insisted.

May, who formed Queen alongside the late Freddie Mercury back in the ‘70s, has been vocal about opposing Brexit since the referendum in 2016.

Last month, he said he had been “praying for a miracle which will make Brexit go away”.

The guitarist then aimed criticism at former Prime Minister David Cameron, saying: “The legacy of the vain, arrogant, badly-advised David Cameron was a referendum which never should have happened.

“He made the people of this country vote on an issue they knew NOTHING about. Of a 70 per cent turnout, 52 per cent voted to break away from Europe. That’s roughly 37 per cent of the electorate. And the result was not even legally binding.”

May branded Brexit the “stupidest move” the county has ever made.

“At this moment we are still part of one of the most powerful alliances in the entire world, a bond which has given us prosperity, AND PEACE, for the last 40 years,” he added.

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“BREXIT has given us three years of misery and chaos, and there is no relief in sight.”

Elsewhere, away from politics, May is preparing to bring the Rhapsody Tour to the UK with Queen + Adam Lambert next year.

The collaboration will be touring Europe and the UK from May until July 2020, including five dates at the O2 Arena in London.

May and Queen drummer first played with Lambert during the popstar’s stint on American Idol back in 2009.

In 2012, they toured as Queen + Adam Lambert for the first time.

The European leg of the Rhapsody Tour follows a successful run in North America this year.

Before coming to the UK, they are set to head to Asia, playing a string of shows in Korea and Japan.

Next on the list they will jet of to New Zealand and Australia, finishing up at the Metricon Stadium on February 29, almost three months before the first European show in Italy.



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