Will Young's surprisingly astute breakdown of the 'wet fart' general election

The singer critiques the first-past-the-post electoral system, ridicules leaders Ed Miliband and David Cameron and predicts the result

Robinson, Paxman or Dimbleby “he ain’t”, as Miliband would say. But Bachelor of Politics Will Young’s commentary on the general election thus far has been more astute than most.

The platinum-selling singer, who shot to fame after winning Pop Idol in 2002, also counts his degree in the subject, obtained at the University of Exeter, among his many achievements.

He also gets bonus points for describing the election furore thus far as a bit of a “wet fart”.

“This general election hasn't been exciting in the slightest,” he told Digital Spy.

“David Cameron looks like a really cross maths teacher; he basically doesn't want to be in it anymore, which is fine.

“Then, you've got Ed Miliband who keeps on saying, 'I'm gonna'. He's using these colloquial phrases... 'I'm gonna', 'I ain't gonna'. I'm like, 'What? Why are you speaking like that suddenly?' It's really weird.

“I don't know, it'll be a hung parliament again and it just all feels like a wet fart.”

He went on to explain, however, the importance of voting, despite the seemingly meagre choice in leaders to back.

“You can't really complain about something if you haven't got involved in it,” he added.

“I can't sit here and go, 'Oh God, UKIP - what are they doing?' I've got to cast a vote and make my mark. People will be getting into government from people voting.”

“The electoral system is wrong in this country,” he continued, critiquing the first-past-the-post system used to elect MPs to the House of Commons.

“So I say my vote can count, but sometimes it will not.

“We're a first past the post [set-up] and I think proportional representation should have come in - I don't know why it hasn't. Probably because it's not a very sexy issue, second to the House of Lords. Everyone promises it (electoral reform) and it never happens.

“So I do think people should vote, because we are a democracy and lots of people don't have the freedom to even have a say in their government. I do feel social responsibility to do that.”

His comments follow a damning open letter written by an equally aware Charlotte Church.

“So much of the electioneering that those on the right have done has been based upon fear,” she wrote. “Fear of immigration, fear of economic instability, fear of welfare claimants and the unemployed. The politics of fear is the politics of control...

“Multi-national companies are paying less tax than ever before, whilst the NHS has already been carved up and is primed to be sold off. The trickle-down economics that we have unwillingly propped up since the 60s is so far from functioning as to make it farcical.”

Church had more choice words for Cameron's party, opining that: “David Cameron has presided over the most capricious, shambolic government that there has been in my lifetime. They are scandalous, and they cannot be the right people for the job.”

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