Bonus laughs: Only one half of 80s band UB40 (UB20?)
I will never stop posting this photo of Corbyn!
The Labour leadership contest is all but done and dusted. Owen Smith must know it. Jeremy Corbyn certainly knows it. Which is why he is now more than happy to incorporate some of his hobbies into his touring schedule. Call it some light recreational campaigning. Today music. Tomorrow horticulture.
Under normal circumstances the hashtag UB4Corbyn might be ill-advised. A sign that the Labour leader ought to be picking up his unemployment benefit. But when you’re about to be endorsed by UB40, a band that had three No 1 hits more than 30 years ago, anything can be overlooked.
Even the fact that the original band fell out with each other so badly that there are now two UB40s touring Britain – both claiming to be the Continuity UB40 – and the other one has refused to endorse you. No parallels with the Labour party there.
Red, Red Wine and I Got You Babe – UB40’s two best-known hits – played on a loop as an invited audience of young Labour activists, far too young to know who UB40 were, and bewildered hacks waited in a basement of the Royal Society of Arts in central London for the headline act to appear. And waited. And waited.
UB40 featuring Jeremy Corbyn were due on stage at 1pm but by 1.20pm there was still no sign of them. In years gone by, there might have been a suspicion they were all doing shedloads of drugs in the dressing room. Now everyone just supposed they were having a bit of a chat backstage about dialectical materialism.
“Hello RSA,” said a man called James, once UB40 +1 were on stage. “I’m from the band’s management company and I’d just like to say that I once had a chat with Jeremy on Corbyn Street, ha ha, and I am very happy that the band is endorsing him as leader of the Labour party.” The band said nothing.
Several members of the band looked up to check that Corbyn wasn’t taking the piss. He wasn’t. He genuinely did believe that UB40 were one of the most successful acts of all time.
Read the whole thing. You’ll be glad you did. It sure as hell beats watching the actual press conference.
https://youtu.be/HvCTLXLWC4I
When you think about it, Corbyn has replacedG4S with UB40.
A law school graduate, David Lange transitioned from work in the oil and hi-tech industries into fulltime Israel advocacy. He is a respected commentator and Middle East analyst who has often been cited by the mainstream media
A law school graduate, David Lange transitioned from work in the oil and hi-tech industries into fulltime Israel advocacy. He is a respected commentator and Middle East analyst who has often been cited by the mainstream media
