Last Summer, UK’s Channel Four ran a documentary about Tony Blair’s failed attempts at rock stardom whilst at University. The band were named Ugly Rumours and tallied an impressive six gigs before implosion. Unfortunately, that streak of destruction never left our smiling leader, and decades later he waged an illegal war in Iraq.

Stop the War Coalition organised the march of close to two million people in London just before the invasion of Iraq. You may recall a post on the charismatic and egotistical George Galloway. As head of the Respect Party, he is a key player in the Stop the War Coalition. George Galloway makes a cameo appearance as the arresting officer at the end of the video.

Stop the War Coalition has formed a band under the same moniker, Ugly Rumours, and fronted it with a Tony Blair lookalike. (The physical similarities are pretty poor). The single, released in January only as a download version is now tipped to top the UK charts this Sunday.

View the punchy, low budget version of Edwin Starr’s classic song War.

This proves to me one thing – Despite the ongoing denial in mainstream media about the heinous crimes and lies of Blair, Bush and their governments, the opposition still has humour, invention and truth on their side. They also have a voice … and some great lip sinking to boot!

Blair’s Dream of rock stardom has arrived, and I am sure Tony appreciates the the cooing street-level pedestrians, ala Beatles.

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