Oasis ‘give wannabe PM Andy Burnham their backing’ so he can Go Let It Out
The brothers from Burnage back Burnham’s masterplan as he seeks victory in a by-election that could hand him the keys to power and replace Sir Keir Starmer in No10. You’ve gotta Poll with it.
A storm is brewing between the Labour bigwigs(Image: Ian Vogler / PA ROTA – B68 / Avalon)
Oasis have given Andy Burnham their backing as he bids to replace Sir Keir Starmer as prime minister – by letting him use one of their songs in his campaign video.
The rockers’ 1995 hit Some Might Say was among the soundtrack used in the video which sees the Greater Manchester Mayor walking around the region as he meets voters and talks of his upbringing and aspirations if he is elected.
In a nod to the lyrics, Mr Burnham, 56, says: “Some say this by-election is unnecessary. I say it’s the most consequential of our lives. I don’t take anything for granted and I’m ready to accept the consequences of whatever choice people make.”
The lifelong Evertonian – who this week called for hated VAR to be banned from football – released the video after declaring his belief that Britain has been on the “wrong path” for 40 years.
He vowed to drag Labour and the country in a radical new direction if he’s elected in the Makerfield byelection. In the video, which also featured music from Greater Manchester band Elbow, Mr Burnham riles against the affects of Thatcher’s government on the area.
He says: “I went into politics to fight for ordinary people… One of the things that made me most proud recently was someone on a doorstep saying ‘Andy’s alright. He’s for us’. I am for us… all of us.”
Last year, Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher took over Manchester’s tram network by voicing passenger announcements during the Beyond The Music festival, which saw 100 artists perform at 17 grassroots venues across the city.
Mr Burnham said at the time: “It means a lot to us that Liam has agreed to do this and show his support for his home city.”
Liam’s guitarist brother Noel was famously pictured with Labour leader Tony Blair in 1996 and backed him for prime minister during his acceptance speech at that years Brit awards.
Outspoken Noel later said he regretted endorsing Blair and dismissed his New Labour project as simply the Tories in disguise, telling a newspaper: “Nothing really changes does it? Same s**t, different day.”
And in a speech in Leeds on Monday, Burnham seemed to argue the same. The Labour leadership hopeful said: “Britain has been on the wrong path, 40 years on the wrong path.” That includes the years when Labour PMs Tony Blair and Gordon Brown were in power.
Mr Burnham attacked decades of “neoliberalism” and trickle-down economics, adding: “That system has siphoned wealth out of those places and into the hands of people for whom life was already very good.”
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