Status Quo now plan to hang a banner reading: "Councillors for Brighton and Hove need not attend" when they perform at the Brighton Centre in December. "This is a direct insult to the capabilities of millions of Quo fans, many of whom are probably totally overqualified for these jobs," said Simon Porter, the band's manager.
"On top of that, this just seems like a ludicrous waste of money, and particularly in the very week that the new Prime Minister is warning everyone about the future budget cuts. Perhaps Brighton should make some savings in its recruitment department."
John Barradell, the chief executive of Brighton and Hove, apologised to Status Quo for the "insensitive" recruitment drive in an open letter on the council's website. "I'm sorry if any offence has been caused by our advert slogan “status quo fans need not apply” – none was intended," he wrote.
"What we mean by this play on words is that we want people who will come to the council with brilliant and original ideas about how to make residents’ lives better. We don’t want people who will accept things the way they are."
" But I accept that it was a little insensitive. My wife did say when she saw it that "it might upset Quo fans". I hoped it would make us stand out from the crowd and would get people interested. Clearly she was right."
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