George Galloway appears in pop video

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Stop the war - buy the single!

Bush and Blair's illegal war is top of the political agenda. Now you can make our anti-war song number one in the singles charts!

With Tony out of a job and Gordon replacing him the former PM has reformed his college band Ugly Rumours for one last crack at rock stardom. The Rumours ? or Uglies, if you prefer - re-recorded the old Edwin Starr classic 'War (what is it good for?)'. The plan is to take the song to the top of the singles chart in the first week of January entirely through downloads. From January 1 download-only singles are eligible for chart placing in the official Top 40.

The track will cost 79p a download and 20p of that goes to the Stop the War Coalition to help in its campaigns against the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan. An ideal Christmas or new year gift as well and a great record to boot (into Blair!). I took part in the video to promote it. I play a police officer and Blair's sister-in-law Lauren Booth is a WPC. Watch out for it when it's available - you'll see Blair finally getting what he deserves!

Two million of us marched against the war, if only a small number of us buy the download not only will it benefit the campaign against the war it will be a hugely embarrassing musical referendum on Blair. You can play the track below. To buy, click on "buy" in the player...

Bye for now, pop pickers!

George




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I'm looking forward to seeing the video - it's bound to cause all the maniacs who positively hate him to be up in arms again! But I really appreciate the way he's ready to have a laugh whie still maintaining a powerful voice against real injustice.

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Blair's right to remain silent on Galloway's dodgy acting
By Oliver Duff
Published: 07 December 2006

The shy and retiring MP's extra-parliamentary activities have included meeting Saddam Hussein, castigating US senators and going on Celebrity Big Brother - where he wore a skin-tight red leotard to dance with transvestite singer Pete Burns and pretended to be a cat lapping cream from another contestants' hands. What next but releasing a hit single? Galloway has a record out on 1 January - a re-release of the Edwin Starr hit "War" ("Huh. Yeah. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing" etc) which is "a musical referendum" on Blair.

Gorgeous George is pictured above in the pop video, sporting one of the more restrained costumes from his dressing-up box. The plot, such as it is, concerns the spoof reunion of Blair's student band, Ugly Rumours, at a Beatles-style rooftop gig. Cue the arrival of Sgt Galloway to investigate noise disturbance. "Anthony Charles Lynton Blair," he says, "I'm arresting you on the charge of spreading Ugly Rumours, which have led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people around the world."

Pre-orders for the 79p track (20p goes to the Stop the War Coalition) can be placed on Galloway's website. Sadly his vocal contribution is limited and most words belong to The Drifters vocalist Patrick Alan. Still, let's hope it fares indefatigably in the charts.

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