Des Lynam shows his support for UKIP
On the 5th May, The Independent suggested that the former Conservative MP Neil Hamilton will stand for the United Kingdom Independence Party at the June 2014 European elections. This has neither been confirmed nor denied but today UKIP gained another well-known supporter when former sports television presenter Des Lynam endorsed the party.
In a press release issued by UKIP today, Lynam is quoted as saying:
“I was delighted to cast my vote for Nigel Farage’s team in Sussex where I live. I feel they have something to offer the country as a whole, and Sussex”.
The good humoured Mr Lynam also rather wittily sent Nigel Farage his own remixed version of Stephen Sondheim’s song Send in the Clowns after Ken Clarke described UKIP as of consisting of “fruitcakes, loonies, waifs and strays”.
Of Lynam’s song, Nigel Farage commented:
“I am delighted to welcome Des’s support in these elections. And thank him for his rewrite of the lyrics of Send in the Clowns which we are planning to sing at our south-east conference on 8th June”.
Nigel Farage and his clowns are most definitely on the up. David Cameron should take stock.
The full lyrics of Des Lynam’s Send in the Clowns 2013 remix for UKIP:
We used to be rich
Now we are not
But here at last there’s a chance
To stop the all rot
Send in the Clowns.
Isn’t it bliss
Don’t you approve
They just kept tearing around
But they wouldn’t move
We need the clowns
Send in the clowns.
They’d never stopped
Opening our doors
Now you are learning
The vote that we wanted was yours
We’ll make our entrance again
With unusual flair
Sure of our lines
Well be right there.
We’ve had the farce
Their fault I fear
We know that you want what we want
No need to fear
They call us the clowns.
So send in the clowns
And give us a cheer.
What a surprise
Who could have thought
You’d come to feel about things
We felt you ought
Only now will they see
You’ve drifted our way
No surprise now
It’s no cliché
Isn’t it strange
Now they have fear
They’ve lost their timing this late
In their careers
And where are the clowns
Quick, send in the clowns.
Don’t bother we’re here.