During the band's interview, Marr himself told May: “If I’d been waiting for five hours before I’d seen a doctor after my stroke I would not be here talking to you.” The British PM came under a lot of criticism on the show, for cuts to services and recent reports about the long waiting times for ambulances and other health services.

Franz Ferdinand are often publicly critical of the Conservative Party on social media. They took to Twitter to respond to viewer's criticism.