Is it wrong that I think that this tune is actually quite good? As for the video…the less said the better. But it’s better than this one.
Update: Opik tells Ruth Barnett of Sky News:
“The usual plonkers will be outraged by it but I say to them: ‘Someone needs a hug’.”
Yes Lembit, someone does…
Mark Ferguson was the editor of LabourList from 2010 to 2015.
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