She's a Liar Liar tops the charts in England -gwan Yardies

[malaise]

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 Amazon’s 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 People’s Assembly anti-austerity campaign.

An accompanying video features the prime minister’s U-turns on article 50, the “dementia tax” and her calling a snap election, and has been viewed more than a million times.

[hrmjustin]

1. A new poll has both parties one percent apart.

It also says there will be a high youth turnout. If there is Labour has a chance.

[monmouth4]

2. My favorite ad, if you can call it that, was the little girl calling her out and asking her to

help feed the poor with hot chocolate and other good things. "I'm very angry Theresa May." Love it!

[malaise]

8. There are some fabulous ads in the UK election

[monmouth4]

10. Hope I get to see some more..

[SunSeeker]

3. LOL I knew it would include that clip of her holding hands with Trump at the White House.

That was just deadly to her image and credibility. Her poll numbers have slid ever since her embarrassing ass kissing of Trump.

[malaise]

9. Good

[HipChick]

4. Brillant...lets hope Trump gives her the midas touch

and she loses Thursday...

[malaise]

12. That would be one hell of a great surprise

[underthematrix]

5. This is great!

[FM123]

6. great song

"People rising up is the only plan" (my favorite line of the song)

[mwooldri]

7. The good and bad thing about election laws in the UK...

.... 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]

11. I like the election laws

prevents the crap in the US.

The biggest problem for me is how quickly May abandoned the 'fixed election date'.