UK star Plan B has recorded and released a seven minute speech about his feelings on the shocking riots and looting that have been occuring across the UK this week. 

The 'She Said' singer spoke both aggressively and honestly about the state of the country and declared it "just an excuse, it's an excuse for young angry kids to take that anger out and steal."

"What's the point of getting arrested and getting put in jail for a pair of new trainers or a microwave? You broke into Lidl cos you wanted to get some frozen food, and you're going to do time for that." 

He condemned the looters' behaviour and explained it can't be a war against taxes because their actions contradict the cause: "if this is about high taxes and things costing too much in this country then why are you attacking the working class, the retail shops?"

"This is all just an excuse, it's an excuse for young angry kids to take that anger out and steal. I think they're doing it because they want to get some free stuff, because they ain't got anything and they're angry at that. They're angry at not being able to buy the things they want to buy."

He continued, "you've got people like me who are trying to change the way that middle England looks at the underclass, and have a bit more compassion for them. How can I stand up for that any more?"

"Would they like to live in a world where everyone was poor and everyone was selling crack and everybody's mum was on crack? What's these riots in aid of it makes everybody poor? Then there's no way out, there's no other option."

Watch his 2011 BRIT awards performance here: