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Margate resident Pete Doherty launched into an expletive-filled rant about the Conservatives at a recent gig.

The Libertines rocker was performing a gig in Manchester last night (December 10) to thousands of people.

But in between playing hits such as Can't Stand Me Now and You're My Waterloo, Doherty shared his thoughts on the upcoming General Election.

The crowd sang and chanted "Oh, Jeremy Corbyn" with the lights dipped before the infamous rockstar and his band came on stage.

Pete Doherty is then heard saying: "So, in this twisted society that we live in, we go out and work and graft yeah to pay your rent.

"And sometimes they say you have to bend over, right, and just take it but don't let it be the Tories okay, because f*** sake right.

"I know a really kind-hearted man who's a lovely bloke, he's been my friend for years, and he said if he saw Boris Johnson dying in the street he'd f***** spit on him."

The crowd then cheer and whistle before continuing to chant "Oh Jeremy Corbyn".

Various clips filmed by members of the audience have been tweeted hundreds of times.

Doherty's outburst has split crowds, with an equal amount of people praising his rant as condemning it.

One Twitter user praised his lyrical genius.

ASAP Falpy wrote: "He's written some of the best songs of a generation, but "just don't let it be the Tory's" might just be Pete Doherty's best line yet."

But not everyone was impressed with his outburst.

Mark Adams wrote: "Don’t think I’ll be taking advice off Pete Doherty thanks."

But Ben Watson-Murray summed up what we all thought when we saw Doherty's name trending.

He wrote: " Saw Pete Doherty trending and s*** myself. Seeing libertines next weds for the first time and was sure he was trending because he was dead.

"Thankfully it was just politics related and he lives to fight another day."