Howard Welcomes Busted Tory Boys' Support Tory leader Michael Howard welcomed the support of boy band Busted today – but admitted he didn’t know who they were. The chart stars came out as Conservatives in an interview with society magazine Tatler. But their string of hits, including Year 3000 and What I Go To School For, have passed Mr Howard by. “I didn’t know them but I am becoming more familiar with them,” Mr Howard told Sky News when asked if he was a fan. “But I am very pleased they are supporting us.” Busted’s public school-educated frontman Charlie Simpson, 19, revealed himself to be a life-long Tory. “I don’t really like talking about politics but I’ve always grown up with their views – the Tories’ way of doing things. I just prefer it,” he told Tatler. Simpson was a boarder at £17,000-a-year Uppingham School in Rutland and his father is a partner in a firm of chartered surveyors, estate agents and auctioneers. His bandmate Matt Jay, 21, claimed to have voted Lib Dem in a by-election but said he had turned Tory since making it rich as a pop star. “Yeah, actually, you know what, I am not going to be ripped off any more. From the financial position I am in now, I am a f***ing Tory boy too,” he said. Third member James Bourne, 21, nodded in agreement
