{"id":223488,"date":"2025-06-29T08:08:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T08:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/223488\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T08:08:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T08:08:34","slug":"rod-stewart-says-he-backs-brexit-leader-nigel-farage-in-wide-ranging-political-discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/223488\/","title":{"rendered":"Rod Stewart says he backs Brexit leader Nigel Farage in wide-ranging political discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rod Stewart<\/a> got political this week, saying he supports Brexit leader Nigel Farage over current Prime Minister Keir Starmer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard for me because I\u2019m extremely wealthy, and I deserve to be, so a lot of it doesn\u2019t really touch me,\u201d the \u201cMaggie May\u201d singer told The London Times in a piece published Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBut that doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019m out of touch. For instance, I\u2019ve read about Starmer cutting off the fishing in Scotland and giving it back to the EU. That hasn\u2019t made him popular. We\u2019re fed up with the Tories. We\u2019ve got to give Farage a chance. He\u2019s coming across well.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Farage founded the Brexit Party in 2019, which eventually turned into the populist Reform UK<\/a>, which he leads.<\/p>\n

BRACE FOR A \u2018POLITICAL REVOLUTION\u2019 IN EUROPE, UK\u2019S NIGEL FARAGE SAYS AFTER VANCE\u2019S SPEECH IN MUNICH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

His party would be on track to get the most seats in parliament if a general election were held this year, according to new polling, Sky News reported this week. The next general election is scheduled for 2029.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Reform UK had a series of electoral wins<\/a> after it secured parliamentary, mayoral and several local election seats in what Farage said is proof that Reform UK is \u201cnow the opposition party to this Labour government.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat options have we got?\u201d Stewart replied when a reporter expressed surprise at his support for Farage. \u201cI know some of his family. I know his brother, and I quite like him.<\/p>\n

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\u201cStarmer\u2019s all about getting us out of Brexit, and I don\u2019t know how he\u2019s going to do that. Still, the country will survive. It could be worse. We could be in the Gaza Strip.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 80-year-old had harsher words for American conservatives, especially when it comes to Ukraine<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cDid you see the way [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelenskyy was treated for not wearing a tie<\/a> when he went to the White House? I could have jumped on [President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance],\u201d the singer, who temporarily took in a displaced family from Ukraine in 2022, said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd it backfired because no one liked it. You\u2019ve got the other d\u2014\u2014-, the one with the motor car company, coming in wearing a baseball cap. \u2026 Mate, it\u2019s depressing.\u201d<\/p>\n

He was referring to Elon Musk, who has since left the administration.<\/p>\n

Stewart also had thoughts on the Israel-Hamas war.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s depressing what\u2019s going on in the Gaza Strip,\u201d he said. \u201c[Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu doesn\u2019t realize that this is what happened to his people under the Nazis, total annihilation. And Trump is going to turn the Gaza Strip into Miami?\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Brit also said he was \u201cdisappointed\u201d Trump is moving \u201caway from Europe, as America were our strongest allies.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said it also upset him that the U.S. is \u201csigning a $47 billion arms deal with Israel. I think the British are still selling arms to the Israelis. How is it ever going to stop?\u201d<\/p>\n

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