Sir Paul McCartney says Brexit referendum was 'probably a mistake'

Music legend was speaking ahead of the release of a new book of photographs by his late wife, Linda

Sir Paul McCartney has said the EU referendum was “probably a mistake” and revealed that he didn’t vote because he “didn’t see anybody saying anything sensible enough”.

The former Beatle was speaking to BBC News when he aired his views on the ongoing political chaos in the UK.

He said the current situation was “a mess” but believed “we’ll come through it, we always do”.

“What put me off was that I was meeting a lot of older people, kind of pretty much my generation,” he said.

“And they were going, ‘All right Paul – it’s going to be like it was in the old days, we’re going to go back.’ And it was like, ‘Yeah? Oh, I’m not sure about that.’ And that attitude was very prevalent.

“I vote for someone I believe in and so often there’s nobody I believe in. I have to get a bit inspired. At the moment I’m not really inspired.”

McCartney is releasing a book of photographs from the private collection of his late wife, Linda McCartney, who began her career as a photographer in New York shooting rock stars.

However, Linda McCartney: The Polaroid Diaries instead offers a glimpse into the family’s life in Scotland and the south of England, and is compiled of more than 200 photos.

“I’d been through a very difficult period at the end of the Beatles. It was like hell,” McCartney said.

“But I’d just met this beautiful woman and we were raising a family, so we decided to escape, so we escaped to Scotland and lived a very funky life.”

Linda McCartney: The Polaroid Diaries is out now.