As the Liberal Democrats try and find a place for themselves in politics following a disastrous election result, the party can at least pride itself on having the most musical party conference. After their Lib Dem Disco over the weekend, a Lib Dem Glee Club is at conference today:
Alastair Carmichael leads #ldconf in song… Glee Club goes crazy pic.twitter.com/uqFckm8KDl
— Sophy Ridge (@SophyRidgeSky) September 22, 2015
Sky News’s Sophy Ridge, who is covering this year’s Lib Dem conference, says there is a ‘Glee Club’ karaoke song book dedicated to the late Charles Kennedy. In this, they list a range of classics for which they have rewritten the lyrics to reflect the party’s political struggles.
‘The Twelves Days of Christmas’ has been renamed Coalition and includes the lyric ‘On the second day of conference, the Tories gave to me, absolutely zilch’:
Here is Glee Club's take on Coalition (Twelve Days of Christmas.) I'm not sure they liked it much #ldconf pic.twitter.com/SzzTPG3kKS
— Sophy Ridge (@SophyRidgeSky) September 22, 2015
There is also a shout out to some of their fallen MPS, including Simon Hughes:
I think this is meant to be affectionate? "Simon Hughes" to the tune of Postman Pat #ldconf pic.twitter.com/bvzALx32qs
— Sophy Ridge (@SophyRidgeSky) September 22, 2015
But perhaps the most interesting entry is a rewrite of ‘Danny Boy’:
‘Why don’t you just this
once show you’re a Liberal,
Show there is passion,
and some principles you share?’
"Danny Boy, 2013 version." Who could Glee Club possibly be taking about? Miaow… #ldconf pic.twitter.com/Xx1OOXhWqp
— Sophy Ridge (@SophyRidgeSky) September 22, 2015
Whoever could they mean?
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