‘Arrogant, greedy and selfish’ politicians act like spoilt children, says singer Corry

BELFAST singer Peter Corry has slammed “arrogant, selfish and petulant” politicians amid the stalemate at Stormont and the chaos surrounding Brexit negotiations.

Mr Corry, who is the artistic director of the Belfast School of Performing Arts, took to social media to express his distress at the calibre of politicians “locally, nationally and internationally”.

He wrote: “I find myself looking at the news and in particular at politics and feeling helpless, angry and frustrated both locally, nationally and internationally at being led by politicians who are arrogant, greedy, selfish and petulant. Like spoilt children who put their needs and egos above what is right and want to get their way rather than what is best for all of us.”

Mr Corry (right), who once starred in West End hit musical Les Miserables, said those debating in Parliament and those not attending Stormont were not acting as if they “know the weight and responsibility of their position”.

He added that he worried for the future of Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.

“Of course they’re not all like this but too many of them are and I can’t help but worry about where this all leads,” he said.

“I know some politicians and one-to-one socially they seem fine but they need to step away from worrying about their own standing in their party, their own careers and their own arrogance and think what is honestly the right thing to do, the right choice to make.

“When has a politician ever admitted they were wrong unless its to do with something they’ve been caught out on. When has a politician ever said the opposition might have a point?”