Published Monday, 06 February 2012
In an article published in Live magazine over the weekend, the rocker was quoted as saying:
"There was a work ethic - if you were unemployed, the obsession was to find work. Under Thatcher, who ruled us with an iron rod, great art was made. Amazing designers and musicians. Acid house was born. Very colourful and progressive."
Gallagher, who was a supporter of New Labour in the 1990s, has now taken to his blog to clarify his comments about Thatcher's 1980s Conservative rule.
In a post, he writes: "Normally I would wait until something happened before I mithered (bothered) you but someone has just made me aware of a headline they came across on this here internet. Now 99 times out of 100 I wouldn't bother with such nonsense but I feel outraged, so for the record...
"There is a headline that implies that I am of the opinion that the years spent under the rule of... Thatcher, was good for the soul. I've read the story and I must say it's very misleading; any great working class art, fashion, youth culture etc came to be in spite of that woman and her warped right wing views and not because of them."