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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsShe's a Liar Liar tops the charts in England -gwan Yardies
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/may/31/liar-liar-anti-theresa-may-song-heads-to-top-of-charts
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A protest song that repeatedly accuses Theresa May of lying and mocks her claims for strong and stable leadership is heading to the top of the charts, days after it was released and a week before the general election.
Liar Liar was released last Friday as a remix of a reggae song by Captain Ska, a six-piece anti-austerity band. It already tops Amazons listing for songs downloaded in Britain and the iTunes UK chart, despite receiving no airplay from radio stations because of impartiality guidelines.
Until the election on 8 June, all proceeds from downloads will go to food banks and the Peoples Assembly anti-austerity campaign.
An accompanying video features the prime ministers U-turns on article 50, the dementia tax and her calling a snap election, and has been viewed more than a million times.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)It also says there will be a high youth turnout. If there is Labour has a chance.
monmouth4
(9,725 posts)help feed the poor with hot chocolate and other good things. "I'm very angry Theresa May." Love it!
malaise
(269,499 posts)monmouth4
(9,725 posts)SunSeeker
(51,898 posts)That was just deadly to her image and credibility. Her poll numbers have slid ever since her embarrassing ass kissing of Trump.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)and she loses Thursday...
malaise
(269,499 posts)underthematrix
(5,811 posts)FM123
(10,054 posts)"People rising up is the only plan" (my favorite line of the song)
mwooldri
(10,307 posts).... this song can't be played on the UK airwaves until June 9th. "Top of The Pops" was a weekly TV show, counting down the best selling records in the UK... it's now a weekly radio show on the BBC World Service. If no-one in the UK listened to the World Service, the BBC would have played it. It was #3 last week.
This is the downside of the election laws. The good side is that you don't get lambasted with political advertising, and the political parties get free pre-scheduled airtime (so you know when to avoid a particular channel and time).
But #3 with zero airplay isn't bad at all
malaise
(269,499 posts)prevents the crap in the US.
The biggest problem for me is how quickly May abandoned the 'fixed election date'.
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