John's ex-spokesman denies claims

Elliot Mintz, one of John's close associates throughout the 1970s, had this to say about the ex-Beatle's alleged turn to conservative politics:

"From the time I met John in 1971, until the end, all of those things he expressed in 'Imagine' were part of his belief system until the last breath of his life. If you listen to the last recorded interviews that were done with John, you'll hear him express in his own words... his own beliefs... which are virtually identical to the beliefs he held in '71."