Glenn Tilbrook planned David Cameron protest days earlier

British rocker Glenn Tilbrook planned to perform a TV protest against U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron when he heard they would appear together on a show days before filming.
The Squeeze singer/guitarist admits he could not resist the opportunity to make his anti-Cameron feelings known after the band was invited onto The Andrew Marr Show, a U.K. weekend political chat series.
Squeeze were on the broadcast to perform new single Cradle to the Grave and they hit headlines when Tilbrook changed part of the lyrics to criticise the U.K. government’s social housing policy.
Now Tilbrook has spoken out to reveal he originally planned to rewrite the entire song for the occasion but realised that was too “ridiculous”.
He tells British newspaper The Guardian, “When I first heard, a few days beforehand, that David Cameron would be on the same Andrew Marr Show as my band Squeeze, I thought about changing the lyrics to the song we would perform in protest – in fact, I thought about redoing the whole thing. But then the next day I thought: ‘No, that would be a ridiculous thing to do’.
“So I didn’t write any new lyrics in advance. But then, just 10 minutes or so before we went on, I was listening to the interview he gave to Marr and he was talking about his housing policy. And I felt: ‘I have to say something. I couldn’t look myself in the eye if I didn’t take this opportunity.’ I didn’t tell anybody what I was going to do – I didn’t want to make anyone else nervous. But I just knew I’d hate myself if I didn’t say something…
“When the opportunity came up to make a comment on something I feel so strongly about it was just a perfect storm – and the song Cradle to the Grave seemed to lend itself to those alternative lyrics… There wasn’t really any reaction to the performance in the studio. Cameron applauded – he’s very professional. I suspect only the technicians and the rest of the band heard what I was singing – I think perhaps Marr and Cameron didn’t hear the words at all. I didn’t speak to either of them afterwards – I just made my excuses and left…
“You’ve got to do what’s true to your own self. I see it from the point of view of a 58-year-old man. It was just a little ripple in the pool, but I’m proud to have made it”.