
Babyshambles' Peter Doherty and ex-Blur guitarist Graham Coxon, who played on much of Doherty's solo album, have done an interview for Instigate/Debate discussing issues like the purpose of incarceration, the U.S.' role in politics, the legalisation of cannabis (surprise: Doherty's not strongly in favour), and land ownership. Coxon & Doherty will be debating current issues live at a London location in April.
Graham Coxon: "Part of me wants to kind of clear America like an old overgrown field that needs the stubble burning and start again. Just keep all the nice Americans somewhere while we do it. I think there'll be a lot less oxygen being used, a lot less greenhouse gasses. That's my little dream fantasy, that they have no importance in the world, they're not some sort of power, they think they're policing the world, and we can actually get back to how it used to be when us and Persia were good mates."
Coxon and Doherty also discussed topics including media monopolies, with the Babyshambles frontman questioning why anyone such as News International chief Rupert Murdoch would wish to own a large media empire. "Why would anyone want to own all that, it's a bit perverse," he suggested. "Writing shit about me and my house, saying I've got a smelly house. Which I do. It's my business. Why don't you use the money for some cleaners and solve the problem?"
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