Walk on, p*ss people off: Liz Truss’s choice of music angers its creators
She probably thought it was a good choice of walk-on music at a conference whose slogan was “Getting Britain Moving”.
But Liz Truss’s choice of M People’s Moving On Up has deeply angered members of the band who created it – not least because the Conservative Party never even bothered to ask permission to use the track.
Producer and DJ Mike Pickering, who was one of M People’s three members, had this to say:
So apparently we can't stop Truss walking out to our song, very weird! So sad it got used by this shower of a government. BTW Truss labour used it with permission in 90's. I don't want my song being a soundtrack to lies.
— Michael Pickering (@themike_p) October 5, 2022
The band was left-leaning, as we can see from these tweets about singer Heather Small:
Liz Truss walks onto stage to M People’s ‘Moving On Up’.
(Trivia: Heather Small’s son was elected as a Labour councillor in May) pic.twitter.com/Y3th7Cv2tO— Pippa Crerar (@PippaCrerar) October 5, 2022
https://twitter.com/benfolley/status/1577603389503971335
Perhaps this would have been a better choice:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CjVFB1oIISr/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
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