Sam Fender has called Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer out for what he feels is his failure to pin "trapped rat" Boris Johnson "to the wall" and provide an effective opposition.
The Geordie rocker, 27, spoke about his frustration with the world of electoral politics and slammed the current Prime Minister in a new interview.
Sam - one of the few big names in music to come from a working class background - reflected on his successful career and musical influences, alongside offering some candid thoughts on society and modern day politics.
"Boris and his sack of c***s are the worst Tory government I’ve ever seen. But then Keir Starmer is just p***ing in the wind," Sam pointed out to DAZED during a recent interview.
"I don’t understand how the guy hasn’t been able to nail them to the post every f***ing week. The irony of them always saying that Corbyn wasn’t a strong leader – I think Starmer is even weaker!"
Corbyn beat Margaret Thatcher's record for the Most Government Defeats during their tender as Leader of the Opposition, but he was often accused of not providing an effective opposition during his 2015 to 2020 stint as Labour's leader.
Speaking about Corbyn's successor, Sam accused former lawyer Starmer of not being "aggressive enough" in his approach to opposing the current Tory government.
"Boris has all the dignity of a trapped rat, and Starmer still can’t pin him to the wall," the Get You Down singer added when chatting with DAZED.
This isn't first time the BRIT Award winner has used his platform to speak about politics, inequality and society.
Prior to releasing his breakthrough album, Hypersonic Missiles, Sam was unemployed and living in North Shields with his mother who suffers from fibromyalgia and depression.
Sam references his mother's battle with the DWP, and her multiple court appearances to prove she wasn't fit to work, in his hit song Seventeen Going Under - poignantly singing: "I see my mother, the DWP sees a number."
Speaking to the Big Issue in the storeroom of a food bank in Newcastle earlier this year, Sam expressed an interest in using his platform to help those struggling under the current government.
"I think I need to do some more stuff to do with this [taking action on poverty]," he told the publication in February.
"Because the Tories aren’t doing it. We’ve got the worst government I’ve ever seen in my lifetime. My dad reckons it’s one of the worst he’s ever seen. And he’s sixty-f***ing-six."
Sam's rise to fame began when he won the Critics' Choice Award at the 39th Brit Awards in 2019 and released his debut album later the same year, which entered the UK Albums Chart at number one.
The singer-songwriter has been compared his musical hero Bruce Springsteen and is often hailed as the voice of a generation.
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