‘I am ashamed of my country’: Elton John tells fans at concert in Italy he is not a ‘stupid, colonial, imperialist English idiot’ who voted for Brexit and is ‘European’
- The 72-year-old Crocodile Rock performer made the outburst on stage in Verona
- He told the audience last night : ‘I’m ashamed of my country for what it has done’
- Last year he called Brexit a bowl of ‘cereal that makes you throw up after eating’
Rock megastar Sir Elton John has launched a Remainer tirade against Brexit at a concert in Italy, telling thousands of fans: ‘I am a European’.
The 72-year-old Crocodile Rock performer made the outburst while performing in Verona on the Italian leg of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour.
In between songs the flamboyant multi-millionaire singer and pianist told the audience: ‘I am so sick to death of politicians, especially British politicians.
‘I am sick to death of Brexit. I am a European. I am not a stupid, colonial, imperialist English idiot.’
‘I’m ashamed of my country for what it has done. It’s torn people apart.’
The crowd cheered and applauded as he made his political intervention.
Sir Elton performing in Gothenburg, Sweden, on his farewell tour earlier this month. Last night he told the audience in Verona he was ‘sick to death of Brexit’
A survey of how Britons might vote in a general election was set to show the main political parties in joint third place – behind the pro-Remain Lib Dems and Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party.
His outburst came as the country continued to be riven by division on Brexit.
A survey of how Britons might vote in a general election was set to show the main political parties in joint third place – behind the pro-Remain Lib Dems and Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party.
Sir Vince Cable’s Liberal Democrats are predicted to garner 24 per cent – their best showing for years, according to the YouGov survey.
Close behind is Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party with 22 per cent – even though it has only been in existence for six weeks.
It is not Sir Elton’s first outburst on Brexit.
Last summer he claimed British people did not know what they were voting for when they opted for Brexit.
He also suggested the prospect of leaving the EU was akin to a bowl of ‘cereal that makes you throw up after eating’.
Sir Elton was speaking at a charity event to raise awareness of HIV among men.
In highly critical comments on the Brexit process, he described progress on leaving the EU as ‘walking through Hampton Court maze blind-folded, being turned around 16 times and trying to find your way out’.
In an interview with Channel 4 News, he said: ‘I don’t think people in Britain were told the truth to start with.
‘I don’t think they knew exactly what they were voting for.
‘They were promised something that was completely ridiculous and wasn’t economically viable.
‘And then it’s got so complicated now I just don’t know what’s going on.’
He continued: ‘There’s a new cereal called Brexit. You eat it and you throw up afterwards.’