The pop band behind New Labour's 1997 anthem Things Can Only Get Better has banned Sir Keir Starmer from using the song in the election. D:Ream's founding members Alan Mackenzie and Peter Cunnah said they were dismayed to hear their number one hit play through a loudspeaker as Rishi Sunak announced he was calling a general election on 4 July. The pair told LBC their first thought was: "Not again.
" Election latest: Starmer takes pop at Johnson hiding in fridge Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player "The fact that it's gone back to a political thing, I find disturbing. I was thinking, can we get on with our lives? But now it's come back," Cunnah said, speaking from his recording studio at home in Donegal. "You question, are we just some sort of protest song on a speaker down at the end of a street? It's like some very odd piece of gravity that you just can't escape.
" But Sir Keir brushed off the snub, telling LBC: "Well, look, we're not in 1997. We're in 2024. Sir Keir Starmer says 'wealth creation' is his top priority if Labour wins election General election: Conservatives pledge £20m each for 30 towns General Election 2024: How do Labour and the Conservatives' energy pledges measure up? "The choice before the country is absolutely stark.
We've had now 14 years of chaos and division. And if the Tories get back in there's just going to be more of the same. "We can turn the page, we can start anew, rebuild our country with Labour.
And we will have a song f.
