Politicians love using music to get their message across to the masses. But if X-Factor has taught us anything, it's not everyone should be trusted with picking the party music.
Labour • Party anthem - Red Flag, The Internationale 1984 - Neil Kinnock - Tracey Ullman, My Guy. Kinnock featured in the video gazing longingly into the eyes of a girl half his age. Did they have PR in 1984? 1997 - Tony Blair - D:Ream, Things Can Only Get Better (aka, Everything is so Crap Right Now I Can't Possibly Make it Worse, So vote for Me) 2005 - Tony Blair - U2, Beautiful Day. Lyrics include: "Touch me, take me to that other place. Teach me, I know I'm not a hopeless case." 2008 - Gordon Brown (at Party Conference) - James, Sit Down Next to Me. Choice lyrics: "My li...
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