Dame Vivienne Westwood has branded Hillary Clinton "evil" and a "war mongerer" ahead of the US presidential election.

The British designer gave a pessimistic view of world politics in an interview with CNBC in which Theresa May, David Cameron and Tony Blair all came under fire.

But it was Mrs Clinton who provoked particular ire.

Image: Dame Vivienne arrives for a celebration of British fashion hosted by Theresa May

Dame Vivienne said: "To me, Hillary's evil, and I think she's a war mongerer. I don't expect the world to change with Hillary Clinton. I'm not pro-Trump.

"I would not vote for either of them ... If there's a Green person I would vote for the Green person. I wouldn't even pick Barack Obama over them, either."


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On the state of British politics under new Prime Minister Mrs May, the 75-year-old said: "She apparently wants to try to help people - she won't be able to, unless she starts to attack the money system, and first of all you need to bring in a green economy.

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"If you want to be the same as everybody who came before you - David Cameron, Tony Blair - you're all the same ... what you've all got in common is you are all applying this terrible system which is not only making everybody poor, but even dying from the fumes in the air.

"All kinds of terrible - war, everything is caused by this system."

Asked what she would say if she could have 10 minutes alone with Mrs May, Dame Vivienne said: "What I want to tell Theresa May is, 'You could be the most wonderful woman in the world, you could be the most important person that ever trod on this planet. Because if you wanted you could turn it around.'"