Noel Gallagher on the EU Referendum: ‘I don’t think we should be given a vote’

Speaking out: Noel Gallagher doesn't think the public should vote in the EU Referendum
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Jennifer Ruby22 June 2016
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Noel Gallagher doesn’t think that the British public should be able to vote on whether or not we leave the EU.

The former Oasis star has said that he’ll decide whether or not he will use his vote on Thursday morning.

Speaking to CBC Music, the musician said: “I like the fact that it sounds like a cereal; a bowl of Brexit! I'll decide to vote on the morning. I might be busy.”

When pressed about whether or not he thought we should leave the EU, he responded:

“Do I think we should leave? I don't think we should be given a vote.

“I see politicians on TV every night telling us that this is a f****** momentous decision that could f****** change Britain forever and blah, blah, blah.

“It's like, okay, why don't you f****** do what we pay you to do which is run the f****** country and make your f****** mind up?”

Gallagher added: “What are you asking the people for? 99 per cent of the people are thick as pig s***.”

Asking why the public weren’t given a vote on the war in Iraq, he continued:

“They [politicians] didn't f****** ask us for a referendum when they were going off to war, did they?”

Earlier this year, Gallagher hit out Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, likening his brand of politics to ‘communism’.

When asked his opinion of the new leader by Sunday Times Style, he simply said: “I don’t like communism.”

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