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The singer said that Britain is laughed at by other countries for shopping and obsessing over celebrities.
He told Recognise: "The nation is being dumbed down by popular culture and we are turning into a country of gossips, this isn't Great Britain anymore.
"We keep talking about 1966 when we won the World Cup and winning WW2, which is nice to talk about, but it isn't great now.
"Britain is the poor man of Europe, Italy laughs at us - they call us the nation of chatterers and shoppers, and that's what we are. All we talk about is the Beckhams and Jordan. It really is Little Britain. All we get fed from television and magazines is rubbish."
The 40-year-old added that he believes children who break the law should be sent to work in the army.
He explained: "If a kid gets caught with a knife, send them to work in the army. There they can learn a trade and earn some respect for themselves."
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