The former frontman of Sex Pistols, John Lydon, has publicly expressed his opinion on immigration in the UK. According to NME news, the Irish singer has recently claimed that immigration has spurred negative consequences in the UK such as creating “division and animosity.”
NME continues to expand on the musician’s point of view when it comes to London as a whole. Lydon admits that he preferred the nation when he was in his childhood compared to now because there are many factors that have lowered the nation’s value in his eyes, with the top cause being immigration. Although the singer-songwriter’s own parents were immigrants themselves, he is still very adamant on concluding that immigration was not the best idea for the UK, or at least not the way they went about it, in his opinion.
For instance, NME shares a statement by Lydon in which he concludes, “It’s created a real, real animosity in communities. The division… when you import so many people with a completely different point of view, they’re not going to adapt to yours. They’re going to stay and bring the problems they’re allegedly escaping from with them.”
Lydon had previously voiced his concerns about artificial intelligence and claimed that other members of Sex Pistols were trying to “cash in” on the Queen’s death. Steve Jones and Paul Cook both denied Lydon’s claims.
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