Cameron was forced to sit and listen as Squeeze changed their lyrics to openly taunt him on live TV

[Ichingcarpenter]

David Cameron was ridiculed by the band Squeeze after he was forced to sit and listen to them change the lyrics to a song and taunt his Government’s policies.

They were invited on to the Andrew Marr Show to play the title song from their new album “Cradle to the Grave” this morning after the PM was interviewed by the presenter.


And the group, famous for singles “Cool for Cats” and “Up the Junction”, decided to use their opportunity to make a political point with Cameron sat right there in front of them.

Lead singer Glenn Tillbrook swapped out the final verse to attack the Tories for being “hell-bent on the destruction of the welfare state”.


The new lyrics were as follows:

“I grew up in council houses,

“They’re part of what made Britain great,

“There are some here who are hell-bent,

“On destruction of the welfare state.”

It was pretty savage. Watch the whole performance here, where Cameron even appears to applaud them at the end:

[2naSalit]

1. Been a fan for a long time

now my admiration is renewed!

[nashville_brook]

2. he probably didn't even hear the lyrics.

but the moment reminds a little of john lennon's quote, 'For those of you in the cheap seats I'd like ya to clap your hands to this one; the rest of you can just rattle your jewelry!'

[Myrddin]

3. Squeeze - Brilliant band..

Brilliant dig at 'call me Dave"

What a T#@T!!

[karynnj]

4. Cool - on a visit to Liverpool, I saw the council house that Paul McCartney lived in as a young boy

It is part of the National Trust and they had a bus tour that included entrance to John Lennon's boyhood home and this house.

Many Americans were a bit stunned when the guide explained that "council houses" were the UK version of the projects. In fact, though their funding was the same and they were low income housing, the difference was huge. The McCartney home was redone to be as similar to how it was in the 1950s/early 60s using many photos taken by Paul's brother Mike. At the front door, there was a cozy family room with a piano, sofa and stuffed chairs. There were three bedrooms.

It was a nice, decent place to live. (I was stunned by a statistic they gave - 75% of Liverpool's housing had been destroyed by bombing in WWII. This led to the creation of several large projects to provide needed housing.) When my husband and a daughter, in London working on a masters degree, signed up for the tour -- it -- as including Liverpool to our trip in the first place -- was, of course, because of decades of being a Beatles fan. However, other than understanding that Paul's life - council home et al - was far easier than John, who grew up in a middle class community that his aunt could afford only by taking in boarders -- my biggest takeaway was that the UK - at least here - provided far better low income housing than places like Chicago.