Rule of thumb: in an interview, if you are starting to sound like an idiot and your publicist does not tell you to stop being an racist douche bag, then it’s time to fire him/her. It may be “hip” to tell the the Queen of England to piss off, but lashing out on people living under the only occupation that still exists in the 21st century is not quite that brave. Rotten vomits these words: “If Elvis-fucking-Costello wants to pull out of a gig in Israel because he’s suddenly got this compassion for Palestinians, then good on him. But I have absolutely one rule, right? Until I see an Arab country, a Muslim country, with a democracy, I won’t understand how anyone can have a problem with how they’re treated.” Umm, the last thing I want to hear right now is a racist Brit’s opinion about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Have you not done enough damage?