Last year Mike Read had to withdraw his Ukip Calypso song from sale after a number people complained that it was racist. So Mr S was cheered to hear that there could be a turn in the party’s musical fortunes today after The Rifles voiced their support for Ukip. The indie band tweeted that Nigel Farage’s party are the only party ‘with the balls to make a change’:
Alas, soon after the tweet was published it was hastily deleted and the band claimed that their account had been mysteriously hacked.
Given that their most successful song reached only number 26 in the charts, Mr S suspects that the retraction of their support will not come as a great loss to Ukip.
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