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Jay-Z: Britain needs an inspirational Obama type
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 23 February 2010
Jay-Z has said that the rise of the BNP in British politics is a “problem”, and that the UK needs a new leader with the charisma of Barack Obama to “galvanise” voters. Can Newsnight regular Dizzee Rascal be persuaded to fast track his inevitable move into politics?
UK politics expert Mr Z told The Sun: “Everyone needs new blood once in a while. And Britain needs it to shake up the country. People are calling it Broken Britain, so there’s obviously a problem”. I think it’s mainly Daily Mail journalists who call it ‘Broken Britain’ isn’t it?
Z adds that David Cameron does not constitute “new blood” in his eyes, with the hip hopper of the opinion that the leaders of neither of the main political parties are capable of engaging with young voters.
But he nevertheless called on the kids (well, the 18+ kids) to vote, if only to ensure Nick Griffin’s We’re Not Racist Honest Guvnor Party doesn’t gain any more influence. He continued: “The rise of the BNP is also a problem. Power is dangerous in the hands of the wrong person and it’s up to the people to get them out of there – which goes back to voting. We have to use that power. We can’t just sit back and not vote – that’s dangerous”.
Back onto home politics, Jay renewed his support for the aforementioned Obama who, despite his continued popularity on the world stage, has come under increased criticism within the US of late, not only from the always right wing (and therefore automatically anti-Obama) news media, but also from some on his own side.
