Carl Cox Hits Out At UK Government For Saying Nightlife Is 'Not Viable'

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Carl Cox has said the government is 100% wrong.

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The people have spoken before, we fought for the right to party.

Carl Cox has spoken out against the UK Minister for Care at the Department for Health and Social Care, Helen Whately who said the dance scene was not viable. Dance music heavyweight, Cox says “It’s not right that the government thinks that we’re unviable."

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They can’t keep blaming us for everything, it’s impossible for them to think that we are unviable. I don’t believe it, I won’t believe it.

“The government is 100% wrong," he continued. "The people have spoken before, we fought for the right to party. Despite everything that the police and the politicians put us under, they had to give festivals and clubs the ability to give people what they wanted in their lives, in comfortable surroundings.

 

“And that’s what happened, and it only happened because we all spoke. It’s ok me speaking, I’m just one person. We all have to speak out, based on what has been taken away from us. They say we’re not viable. I mean, I’d like to see their tax accounts, based on how much we all have to pay, based on what they get in as revenue because they allow these events to continue. It’s billions. If we don’t come back, we’re losing billions and billions, and you know the government don’t like to lose billions.

“They can’t keep blaming us for everything, it’s impossible for them to think that we are unviable. I don’t believe it, I won’t believe it. I continue to do what I do cos I believe that people still want to be entertained by the music that we play and what we do, and what makes other people happy. 

 

“I’ve been doing this for the best part of 40 years - my heart and soul and spirit lives on within me to continue to do what I do at the level I do it at. If you love the music, we have to make our voices heard on being viable. They’re basically saying we don’t exist. We’ve been involved in this music for 30 years - do you think it’ll fizzle out by tomorrow?”


Carl Cox's comments were made during the Brighton Music Conference which you can watch here

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Editorial Team • 5 October 2020
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