Big bang moment: Hawking for Labour
London, June 6: Worldrenowned British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking will vote for the Opposition Labour Party in the Thursday’s general election as he believes another five years of Conservative government would be a “disaster” for the UK.
Mr Hawking, regularly referred to as the world’s smartest man, has backed his local Cambridge Labour candidate Daniel Zeichner for the general election.
“I’m voting Labour because another five years of Conservative government would be a disaster for the NHS, the police and other public services,” 75-year-old Mr Hawking said after his meeting with Mr Zeichner on Monday.
“I was delighted to meet professor Hawking again and receive his support for my re-election and a Labour government,” Mr Zeichner told Cambridge News after his meeting with the scientist.
Mr Hawking’s support for the Labour party comes a week after he described its head Jeremy Corbyn as a “disaster”.
“I regard Corbyn as a disaster. His heart is in the right place and many of his policies are sound, but he has allowed himself to be portrayed as a Left wing extremist,” he said.
The Cambridge scientist said he would still vote for the Labour but did not believe the party would win at the general election.
Mr Hawking has been a Labour supporter and backed Mr Zeichner, at the 2015 election.