Noel Gallagher offended by coalition government

The 44-year-old claimed he voted for a pirate at the last election because there was 'nothing left to vote for'.

He appeared on last night's BBC Newsnight to speak about the state of British politics and the riots in the UK in August.

Noel says he only voted at the last election because his wife, Sara MacDonald, persuaded him to.

He said: 'It's the first time I've just picked the most ludicrous thing on the list. Some guy dressed as a pirate - there's nothing cooler than a pirate.

'When the election came around I don't recall it being a coalition government on the bill when you went to vote. I'm a bit offended by it, to be honest. If they were going to form a coalition government they should have had a re-election. Nobody voted for this Conservative/Liberal Democrat nonsense.'

Talking about the UK riots, Gallagher believes that despite there being no excuse for what happened, the way the media bombards young people with an unattainable lifestyle was partly to blame.

He added: 'When I was growing up we were the working class and we were the lowest, there's a level underneath that now, the 'can't be bothered working class' who've grown into a culture of benefits.'