Paul Weller (Photo: Paul Bachmann for Live4ever)
You’d think David Cameron would’ve learn to keep quiet about his musical tastes, particularly after receiving a strong dressing down from both Morrissey and Johnny Marr after declaring his love for The Smiths a few years ago.
That hasn’t stopped the current prospective MP for Witney praising The Jam‘s 1979 single ‘The Eton Rifles‘ though, saying the track ‘meant a lot’ to young cadets like him and that he doesn’t see why, ‘The Left should be the only ones allowed to listen to protest songs’.
Paul Weller‘s not impressed, and though it might not be as strong a response as Morrissey’s 1000+ word letter, it’s unequivocal nonetheless.
“The whole thing with Cameron saying it was one of his favourite songs, I just think, ‘Which bit didn’t you get?’,” he said while in interview with Mojo. “People say, ‘Why don’t you write any more political songs?’, but I would just write exactly the same fucking things I wrote thirty-odd years ago.”
