Starmer chooses the EU anthem Ode To Joy as the official song of the Labour party replacing Oh Jeremey Corbyn which was previously famously sampled by the White Stripes in their 2003 hit Seven Nation Army.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said the piece of music that best “sums up” his party is Beethoven’s Ode to Joy.
The lyrics were adapted from a Friedrich Schiller poem celebrating unity and brotherhood - and in its 200-year history, the music has been used by both protest movements and dictators.
It was blasted out by demonstrators at Tiananmen Square, Adolf Hitler had it played for his birthday in 1942, it inspired the character Alex DeLarge to extreme violence in the film Clockwork Orange.
Conservative chairman Richard Holden was critical: "What piece of classic music is Sir Keir Starmer’s favourite - choose any in the world.
A source close to the Labour leader said: “It is well documented Keir Starmer has always listened to a lot of Beethoven - his choice has nothing to do with his opinions on the EU.”
During the Brexit referendum, Boris Johnson hit back at suggestions he was “a little Englander” by attempting a few lines of the song in German.
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“Boy, thou uproarious shark of heaven,
Slaughter of Elysium,
Hearts on fire, aroused, enraptured
We will tolchock you on the rot and kick your grahzny vonny bum.”
Thanks to Anthony Burgess
I wonder if anyone has already launched a conspiracy theory regarding Sir Keir and Rhodesia’s use of it.
