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Watch: Labour MPs release their ‘National Living Rage’

Oh dear. Just in case there weren’t enough novelty Christmas songs out there, brains at Labour have decided it is time to offer up one of their own. Siobhain McDonagh, the MP for Mitcham and Morden, has rallied the troops to record ‘National Living Rage’.

The track — which takes inspiration from Band Aid 20’s ‘do they know it’s Christmas?’ — attempts to raise the plight of ‘hard working people’ who are being ripped off by some of the UK’s leading companies:

‘Christmas is hard
on the national minimum wage
At Christmas time,
we give but some employer’s take


And we know that they have plenty
but they give out less and less
Stand up against their greed
this Christmas time


Make them be fair,
fair to their hard-working staff
At Christmas time,
it’s hard but they’re having a laugh


No double-time on Sundays,
your Christmas bonus gone
Your overtimes’ now ended
Your lunches have been took.’


While Dan Jarvis looks slightly confused as to why he is there, Mr S gives the party top marks for authenticity — for a change — for resisting autotune.

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