Thom Yorke: 'This Is A Dark Period In Britain's History'

[method77]

Thom Yorke has blasted the British government saying the country is going through a “dark period.”

He told the Glob And Mail: “This is such a dark period in our country's history. There are these huge elephants that we have in the room at the moment, in the West, and people are desperately trying to erase them from public consciousness.”

Commenting on the song ‘Harrowdown Hill’ a song partly about the death of weapons inspector Doctor David Kelly which includes lines like (“You’ll be dispensed with when you become inconvenient.”), he continued: “The government and the Ministry of Defence were implicated in his death.

"They were directly responsible for outing him and that put him in a position of unbearable pressure that he couldn't deal with, and they knew they were doing it and what it would do to him.

“I've been feeling really uncomfortable about that song lately, because it was a personal tragedy, and Dr. Kelly has a family who are still grieving. But I also felt that not to write it would perhaps have been worse.”

[KiwiCoromandel]

personally i don`t like radiohead..but good on them for the message that they are sending..... :)

[Malicious Intent]

They should be careful that they don't lend up like Dr Kelly!

I like the band and I like the message.

[Wolfie]

Britain is not the only place going through one. :(