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Former Sex Pistol John Lydon blames immigration for ‘division’ in UK

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John Lydon has lashed out at the apparent effects of immigration in the UK during a fiery LBC interview in which he doubled down on his support for Brexit.

The former Sex Pistols frontman, who is himself the son of immigrants, rose to fame with the punk band in the mid-Seventies with songs such as “God Save the Queen” and “Anarchy in the UK.”

More recently, he has caused controversy with his political stancesand Nigel Farage.

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