During the time of Margaret Thatcher as the Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom throughout the 1980s , Michael voted Labour . In 2000 , Michael joined Melissa Etheridge , Garth Brooks , Queen Latifah , the Pet Shop Boys , and k.d. lang , to perform in Washington , D.C. as part of Equality Rocks , a concert to benefit the Human Rights Campaign , an American LGBT rights group . His 2002 single " Shoot the Dog " was critical of the friendly relationship between the UK and US governments , in particular the relationship between Tony Blair and George W. Bush , with their involvement in the Iraq War . Michael voiced his concern about the lack of public consultation in the UK regarding the War on Terror : " On an issue as enormous as the possible bombing of Iraq , how can you represent us when you have n't asked us what we think ? " In 2006 , Michael performed a free concert for NHS nurses in London to thank the nurses who had cared for his late mother . He told the audience : " Thank you for everything you do — some people appreciate it . Now if we can only get the government to do the same thing . " In 2007 , Michael sent the £ 1,450,000 piano that John Lennon used to write " Imagine " around the United States on a " peace tour " , displaying at places where notable acts of violence had taken place , such as Dallas ' Dealey Plaza , where US President John F. Kennedy had been shot . He devoted his 2007 concert in Sofia , from his " Twenty Five Tour " to the Bulgarian nurses prosecuted in the HIV trial in Libya . On 17 June 2008 , Michael said he was thrilled by California 's legalisation of same-sex marriage , calling the move " way overdue "
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