Rod Stewart

Sir Rod Stewart turned his back on the Conservative Party during a phone-in segment on Sky News, where he said it was time “give the Labour party a go”

He continued: “I personally have been a Tory for a long time but I think this government should stand out now and give the Labour party a go at it, because this is heartbreaking for the nurses. The 78-year-old rock star has said he has never seen the situation “so bad” in the country and wants to “change the bloody [government](/topic/government)”. He talked about how “ridiculous” the situation is, explaining that his private healthcare clinic is “empty”.

The singer-songwriter tuned in to a call-in segment of Sky News which he watches while working on his model trains.

“It really is heart-breaking. “I don’t need the publicity. Sir Rod Stewart called a phone-in segment on live Sky News to offer to pay for people to have hospital scans, amid the rising number of people on NHS waiting lists.

The singer-songwriter, 78, says problems in the NHS have left the UK in the worst state he has seen.

He told the broadcaster the "NHS needs to be rebuilt with billions and billions" and that nurses who had been Sir Rod told the programme he had attended a private clinic on Thursday that was basically "empty" and was prompted to call in to the show after hearing about the "ridiculous" situation in the NHS. Sir Rod Stewart has called on the government to "stand down" and make way for Labour, in an impromptu call-in to Sky News.

British rock singer Rod Stewart made a surprise phone call to a live TV news programme on Thursday to slam the "ridiculous" state of the health system, ...

"I don't need the publicity. "This is heartbreaking for the nurses," Stewart said. The party has been in power since 2010.

Sir Rod Stewart turned his back on the Conservative Party during a phone-in segment on Sky News, where he said it was time “give the Labour party a go”

He continued: “I personally have been a Tory for a long time but I think this government should stand out now and give the Labour party a go at it, because this is heartbreaking for the nurses. The 78-year-old rock star has said he has never seen the situation “so bad” in the country and wants to “change the bloody [government](/topic/government)”. He talked about how “ridiculous” the situation is, explaining that his private healthcare clinic is “empty”.

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Go on the nurses, I'm on your side!' [READ MORE Another £6BILLION of PPE and Covid tests down the drain: Critics slam £14.9bn of 'extraordinary waste' on overpriced, faulty or unused pandemic-era equipment](/health/article-11680521/Another-6BILLION-PPE-Covid-tests-drain-Critics-slam-14-9bn-waste.html) The NHS has been under increasing pressure in recent months, with the crisis in the health services promoting Sir Rod to change his political support And if other people follow me, I would love it.' Sir Rod suggested the current crisis in the NHS had persuaded him to change his political support. Sir Rod Stewart made a surprise call to a Sky News debate on the NHS crisis during which he condemned the 'heartbreaking' state of the health service

The pop star says he's never seen the NHS “so bad”, as he backs political change in a TV phone-in.

"If other people follow me I'd love it," he added. In his Sky News phone-in, Sir Rod said he was prompted to call the show and express his views after hearing about the "ridiculous" situation in the NHS. Sir Rod described the state of the NHS as "heart-breaking" and said he had never seen the country "so bad".