Richard Hawley takes aim at Rishi Sunak in sweary tirade at London show

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Richard Hawley had some choice words for prime minister Rishi Sunak at a show in London on Saturday night (June 8).The Sheffield musician was headlining the Eventim Apollo, and before launching into his 2007 classic ‘Tonight The Streets Are Ours’, he shared some thoughts on the current UK General Election campaign.“You know, I’m 57 years old and I’ve seen some fucking arsehole politicians, but Sunak takes the fucking piss,” he said.The Conservative leader called the surprise early election on May 22, which will be held on July 4.“The thing that slaughters me is the fact that literally probably about a week ago, he came up with a stupid fucking idea to enlist teenagers for a year or two years or whatever, poor fuckers, you know what I mean?” Hawley continued.“That bastard couldn’t even manage a day, you know what I mean?”Hawley appears to be referencing the recent Tory pledge to introduce 12 months of mandatory national service for 18-year-olds, should they win the election.

Under the plans, there would be the option to apply for one of 30,000 full-time military placements, or to volunteer one weekend a month to carry out a community service.He also alluded to the fact that Sunak opted to leave the commemoration events for the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday (June 6) in Normandy, in order to return to the UK for a pre-recorded political interview with ITV News, for which he has taken criticism from all sides.“Whoever you vote for, please, please, whatever it is, get the Tory cunts out,” Hawley added.The former Longpigs and Pulp man released his 10th solo album ‘In This City They Call You Love’ on May 31, which included the single ‘Prism In Jeans’.Ahead of its release, he spoke to NME about whether he believes an.