Editing Phil Collins (section)

===Politics===
Collins has often been mentioned erroneously in the British media as being a supporter of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] and a critic of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]].<ref name="Guardian2007" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/cultural-capital/2012/03/rock-music-britain-nme|title=Why are there so few right-wing rock stars?|work=New Statesman|first=Pat|last=Long|date=8 March 2012|access-date=4 April 2013}}</ref> This derives from the famous article in ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]'', printed on the day of the [[1992 United Kingdom general election|1992 UK general election]], titled "[[It's The Sun Wot Won It|If Kinnock wins today will the last person to leave Britain please turn out the lights]]", which stated that Collins was among several celebrities who were planning to leave Britain in the event of a Labour victory.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/833416.stm|title=Music's millionaires club honoured|work=BBC News|date=14 July 2000|access-date=20 June 2013}}</ref><ref name="Archie Bland Independent 2012">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/archie-bland-forget-music--financial-wars-are-the-route-to-power-6297738.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/archie-bland-forget-music--financial-wars-are-the-route-to-power-6297738.html |archive-date=26 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Archie Bland: Forget music – financial wars are the route to power|work=The Independent|first=Archie|last=Bland|date=1 February 2012|access-date=5 October 2013|location=London}}</ref>

Collins is often reported in the British press to have left the UK and moved to Switzerland in protest at the Labour Party's victory in the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/hit-and-run/hit--run-jarvis-bum-note-1675640.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/hit-and-run/hit--run-jarvis-bum-note-1675640.html |archive-date=26 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Hit & Run: Jarvis' bum note|work=The Independent|location=London|access-date=23 June 2014|date=29 April 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/news/britain/21649051-celebrities-often-threaten-leave-britain-if-labour-comes-power-they-tend-not-go-should-i|title=Should I stay or should I go?|newspaper=The Economist|access-date=4 July 2016|date=21 April 2015}}</ref> Shortly before the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 election]] (when Collins was living in Switzerland), Labour supporter [[Noel Gallagher]] was quoted: "Vote Labour. If you don't and the Tories get in, Phil Collins is threatening to come back and live here. And let's face it, none of us want that."<ref name="noelobserver" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4464557.stm|title=Who's backing whom at the election?|work=BBC News|date=21 April 2005|access-date=20 June 2013|first=Jenny|last=Matthews}}</ref> Collins has since stated that although he did once say many years earlier that he might leave Britain if most of his income was taken in tax, which was Labour Party policy at that time for top earners, he has never been a Conservative Party supporter and he left Britain for Switzerland in 1994 purely because he started a relationship with a woman who lived there. He said of Gallagher: "I don't care if he likes my music or not. I do care if he starts telling people I'm a [[wanker]] because of my politics. It's an opinion based on an old, misunderstood quote."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3808340.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516222845/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3808340.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 May 2008|title=Phil Collins casually serves notice of his retirement|work=The Times|location=London|first=Pete|last=Paphides|date=25 April 2008|access-date=22 May 2010}}</ref>

Despite his statement that he did not leave Britain for tax purposes, Collins was one of several wealthy figures living in tax havens who were singled out for criticism in a 2008 report by the charity [[Christian Aid]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/adele-horin/tax-tourists-and-the-crown-prince-of-thieves/2008/07/25/1216492729375.html?page=fullpage|title=Tax tourists and the crown prince of thieves|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|location=Sydney|first=Adele|last=Horin|date=26 July 2008|access-date=19 March 2015}}</ref> ''[[The Independent]]'' included Collins as one of their "ten celebrity tax exiles", erroneously repeating that he had left the country when Labour won the 1997 general election and that he threatened to return if the Conservatives won in 2005.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/ten-celebrity-tax-exiles-1798098.html?action=gallery&ino=3|title=Ten celebrity tax exiles|work=The Independent|location=London|access-date=17 October 2013|first=Jimmy|last=Leach|date=5 October 2009}}</ref> Referring to the 1997 general election in his article "Famous men and their misunderstood politics" for [[MSN]], Hugh Wilson stated: "Labour won it in a landslide, which just goes to show the influence pop stars really wield". He also wrote that Collins's reported comments and subsequent move to Switzerland led to "accusations of hypocrisy" since he had "bemoaned the plight of the homeless in the song 'Another Day in Paradise{{'"}}, making him "an easy target when future elections came round".<ref name="wilson">{{cite web|url=http://him.uk.msn.com/in-the-know/famous-men-and-their-misunderstood-politics-di-canio-fascist-row?page=7 |title=Famous men and their misunderstood politics |publisher=MSN |first=Hugh |last=Wilson |date=3 April 2013 |access-date=9 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222225551/http://him.uk.msn.com/in-the-know/famous-men-and-their-misunderstood-politics-di-canio-fascist-row?page=7 |archive-date=22 February 2014 }}</ref> The [[Paul Heaton]] and [[Jacqui Abbott]] song "When I Get Back to Blighty", from their 2014 album ''[[What Have We Become? (album)|What Have We Become?]]'', made reference to Collins as "a prisoner to his tax returns".<ref name="What Have We Become?">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/paul-heaton-jacqui-abbott-become|title=Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott – What Have We Become|work=musicOMH|first=David|last=Meller|date=16 May 2014|access-date=18 June 2014}}</ref>

Questioned about his politics by [[Mark Lawson]] in an interview for the BBC, broadcast in 2009, Collins said: "My father was Conservative but it wasn't quite the same, I don't think, when he was alive. Politics never loomed large in our family anyway. I think the politics of the country were very different then."<ref name="Mark Lawson talks to... Phil Collins" /> In a 2016 interview in ''[[The Guardian]]'', Collins stated that talking about politics to ''The Sun'' was one of his biggest regrets. When asked whether he had ever voted Conservative, he said: "I didn't vote, actually. And that's not something I'm proud of. I was just so busy that I rarely was here."<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/11/phil-collins-interview-take-a-look-at-me-now-remastered-albums-rerelease-2016 |title= Phil Collins returns: 'I got letters from nurses saying, "That's it, I'm not buying your records"' | work=The Guardian |location=London |first=Dorian |last=Lynskey |date=11 February 2016 |access-date=24 February 2016}}</ref>

Collins is a member of the Canadian charity Artists Against Racism and has worked with them on campaigns including radio PSAs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://artistsagainstracism.org/radio-2/ |title=Radio |publisher=Artists Against Racism |access-date=21 January 2019 |archive-date=7 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007213912/http://artistsagainstracism.org/radio-2/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In October 2020, Collins issued a cease and desist order to [[Donald Trump]] and [[Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign|his campaign]] for playing "In the Air Tonight" at a rally.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/phil-collins-issues-donald-trump-with-cease-and-desist-order-after-in-the-air-tonight-is-played-at-a-rally-2786230|title=Phil Collins issues Donald Trump with cease and desist order after 'In The Air Tonight' is played at a rally|date=15 October 2020|website=NME}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/phil-collins-trump-in-air-tonight-cease-and-desist-b1067579.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/phil-collins-trump-in-air-tonight-cease-and-desist-b1067579.html |archive-date=26 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Phil Collins serves Trump with a cease and desist order after 'In the Air Tonight' plays at rally|date=16 October 2020|website=The Independent}}</ref>